Opto-Electronic Advances, Volume. 8, Issue 5, 240254(2025)

Wearable photonic smart wristband for cardiorespiratory function assessment and biometric identification

Wenbo Li, Yukun Long, Yingyin Yan, Kun Xiao, Zhuo Wang, Di Zheng, Arnaldo Leal-Junior, Santosh Kumar, Beatriz Ortega, Carlos Marques, Xiaoli Li, and Rui Min
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Wenbo Li, Yukun Long, Yingyin Yan, Kun Xiao, Zhuo Wang, Di Zheng, Arnaldo Leal-Junior, Santosh Kumar, Beatriz Ortega, Carlos Marques, Xiaoli Li, Rui Min. Wearable photonic smart wristband for cardiorespiratory function assessment and biometric identification[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2025, 8(5): 240254

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Received: Oct. 26, 2024

Accepted: Mar. 3, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 5, 2025

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DOI:10.29026/oea.2025.240254

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