Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 9, 090601(2021)
Compact vector twist sensor using a small period long period fiber grating inscribed with femtosecond laser
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Fangcheng Shen, Xuewen Shu, Kaiming Zhou, Haiming Jiang, Hongyan Xia, Kang Xie, Lin Zhang, "Compact vector twist sensor using a small period long period fiber grating inscribed with femtosecond laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 090601 (2021)
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: Jan. 12, 2021
Accepted: Mar. 4, 2021
Published Online: Jul. 13, 2021
The Author Email: Kang Xie (kangxie@gdut.edu.cn)