Polymer fiber bragg gratings

Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: Recent Advancements, Industrial Applications and Market Exploitation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 292-312

  Webb, David John ^a   Kalli, Kyriacos ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

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EID: 79955635883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805084011101010292     Document Type: Chapter

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