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A Silicon-tipped Fiber-optic Sensing Platform with High Resolution and Fast Response
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Performance of a fiber-optic temperature sensor from -200 to 1050 degrees C

C E Lee, R A Atkins, H F Taylor

    Optics Letters
    |September 12, 2009
    PubMed

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