Fiber Optic Measurement Techniques

Fiber Optic Measurement Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-652

  Hui, Rongqing ^a   O'Sullivan, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373865-3.X0001-8     Document Type: Book

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