Modal interference in optical nanofibers for sub-Angstrom radius sensitivity
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FREDRIK K. FATEMI,* JONATHAN E. HOFFMAN, PABLO SOLANO, ELIOT F. FENTON, GUY BEADIE, STEVEN L. ROLSTON, AND LUIS A. OROZCO Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA *Corresponding author: [email protected]
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