Photonic Sensors, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 213(2019)

High Sensitive Methane Sensor With Temperature Compensation Based on Selectively Liquid-Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibers

Hai LIU*... Haoran WANG, Wen ZHANG, Cancan CHEN, Qing WANG, Yi DING and and Shoufeng TANG |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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    Hai LIU, Haoran WANG, Wen ZHANG, Cancan CHEN, Qing WANG, Yi DING, and Shoufeng TANG. High Sensitive Methane Sensor With Temperature Compensation Based on Selectively Liquid-Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibers[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2019, 9(3): 213

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    Paper Information

    Category: Regular

    Received: Sep. 28, 2018

    Accepted: Jan. 5, 2019

    Published Online: Sep. 8, 2019

    The Author Email: LIU Hai (lhai_hust@hotmail.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-019-0536-y

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