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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 4, 875(2025)

Transforming optical Vernier effect into coherent microwave interference towards highly sensitive optical fiber sensing

Ruimin Jie¹, Jie Huang^1,2, and Chen Zhu^1、*

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¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA

²e-mail: jieh@mst.edu

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Paper Information

Category: Instrumentation and Measurements

Received: Sep. 19, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 13, 2025

Published Online: Mar. 24, 2025

The Author Email: Chen Zhu (cz_chenzhu@163.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.542584

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.542584

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laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

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