Nanoliter liquid refractive index sensing using a silica V-groove fiber interferometer

Quan Chai; Hyeonwoo Lee; Seongjin Hong; Yongsoo Lee; Junbum Park; Jianzhong Zhang; Kyunghwan Oh

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000792

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