YU Ji-bo, WANG Xian-fan, YANG Wen-lei, WANG Peng-fei . Tapered Optical Fiber Sensing Technology[J]. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2018 , 36(1) : 148 -175 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0255-8297.2018.01.007

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