Huge Capacity Fiber-Optic Sensing Network Based on Ultra-Weak Draw Tower Gratings

Minghong YANG; Wei BAI; Huiyong GUO; Hongqiao WEN; Haihu YU; Desheng JIANG

doi:10.1007/s13320-015-0298-0

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