Study of Rayleigh-Backscattering Induced Coherence Collapse in an Asymmetric DFB FL Sensor

Wen LIU; Lina MA; Zhengliang HU; Ying FENG; Huayong YANG

doi:10.1007/s13320-016-0326-8

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