Measurement of axial stress at high spatial resolution in ultraviolet-exposed fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1086-1095

  Raine, Ken W ^a   Feced, Ricardo ^a   Kanellopoulos, Sotoris E ^a   Handerek, Vince A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001094086     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001086     Document Type: Article

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