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  Multi-UAV tracking and scanning systems in M2M communication for disaster response

  Aljehani, M. & Inoue, M., 2016 Dec 27, 2016 IEEE 5th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 7800524. (2016 IEEE 5th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics, GCCE 2016).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Multiuser detection method for single-carrier transmission in uplink multiuser MIMO access

  Ishihara, K., Takatori, Y. & Kubota, S., 2007 Dec 1, 2007 IEEE 66th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2007-Fall. p. 566-570 5 p. 4349778. (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Multi-user Robot Impression with a Virtual Agent and Features Modification According to Real-time Emotion from Physiological Signals

  Suzuki, S., Anuardi, M. N. A. M., Peeraya, S., Matsuhira, N. & Sugaya, M., 2020 Aug, 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1006-1012 7 p. 9223585. (29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2020).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Multivariate Time Series Analysis Using Recurrent Neural Network to Predict Bike-Sharing Demand

  Boonjubut, K. & Hasegawa, H., 2020, Smart Transportation Systems 2020 - Proceedings of 3rd KES International Symposium, KES-STS 2020. Qu, X., Zhen, L., Howlett, R. J. & Jain, L. C. (eds.). Springer, p. 69-77 9 p. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; vol. 185).

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Multi-Window Web Browser with History Tree Visualization for Virtual Reality Environment

  Egawa, R. & Ijiri, T., 2021 Oct 10, Adjunct Publication of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2021. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 32-34 3 p. (Adjunct Publication of the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2021).

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  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Muscle movements depend on position of the center-of-mass relative to the ankle center of rotation in humans

  Miyoshi, T., Yamamoto, H., Yamamoto, S. I., Koyama, H. & Komeda, T., 2007, 2007 IEEE/ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, CME 2007. p. 1258-1262 5 p. 4381945. (2007 IEEE/ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, CME 2007).

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Musculoskeletal Simulation and Analysis of Upper Limb Rehabilitation Device

  Mohamaddan, S., Rahman, A., Jamali, A., Hazmi, H. & Limbai, M. M., 2020, Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability - Proceedings of ICIMES 2019. Reddy, A. N. R., Marla, D., Simic, M., Favorskaya, M. N. & Satapathy, S. C. (eds.). Springer, p. 739-748 10 p. (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; vol. 169).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Mutual Authentication Method in Public Wireless LAN by Using BLE Beacon

  Niitsu, Y., Sakai, S. & Tezuka, K., 2019 Jul, ICUFN 2019 - 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks. IEEE Computer Society, p. 449-451 3 p. 8806117. (International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks, ICUFN; vol. 2019-July).

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• Name anomaly detection for ICN

  Kondo, D., Silverston, T., Tode, H., Asami, T. & Perrin, O., 2016 Aug 22, IEEE LANMAN 2016 - 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks. IEEE Computer Society, 7548854. (IEEE Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks; vol. 2016-August).

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Nano-graphitization in amorphous carbon films via electron beam irradiation and the iron implantation

  Iwamura, E. & Aizawa, T., 2007 Dec 1, Self Assembly of Nanostructures Aided by Ion- or Photon-Beam Irradiation: Fundamentals and Applications. p. 105-111 7 p. (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; vol. 960).

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Nano-Scaled ZnO Based RRAM with Memristive Behavior Fabricated by Dual Ion Beam Sputtering

  Kumar, A., Das, M., Mandal, B., Bhardwaj, R., Aaryashree, Kranti, A. & Mukherjee, S., 2019 Jan 24, 18th International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2018. IEEE Computer Society, 8626226. (Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology; vol. 2018-July).

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• Nanoscale pinning media in bulk melt-textured high-t_c superconductors and their importance for super-magnet applications

  Muralidhar, M., Sakai, N., Jirsa, M., Murakami, M. & Hirabayashi, I., 2009 Mar 27, Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology II - A Collection of Papers Presented at the 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. 8 ed. p. 159-167 9 p. (Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings; vol. 29, no. 8).

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• Nanostructured hydrogen storage materials via bulk mechanical alloying

  Aizawa, T., Kuji, T. & Nakano, H., 2001 Dec 1, Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials X. Srivatsan, T. S., Varin, R. A., Srivatsan, T. S. & Varin, R. A. (eds.). p. 164-183 20 p. (Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials X).

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Nation-wide synthetic reconstruction method

  Murata, T. & Harada, T., 2018 Feb 2, 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2017 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1-6 6 p. (2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2017 - Proceedings; vol. 2018-January).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Natural ventilation effects for environmentally symbiotic house with double layer veranda in summer

  Akimoto, T., Watanuki, Y., Kimura, F. & Nakajima, K., 2012 Dec 1, 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012. p. 2672-2677 6 p. (10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Navigation method of a mobile robot in daily life environment considering environmental design

  Namatame, S. & Matsuhira, N., 2013, 2013 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2013. IEEE Computer Society, p. 167-172 6 p. 6776659. (2013 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2013).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Navigation of an omni-directional mobile robot with active caster wheels

  Jung, E. J., Ho, Y. L., Lee, J. H., Yi, B. J., Whee, K. K. & Yuta, S., 2008, 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2008. p. 1659-1665 7 p. 4543439. (Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation).

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  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Navigation of the autonomous mobile robot using laser range finder based on the non quantity map

  Kubota, S., Ando, Y. & Mizukawa, M., 2007 Dec 1, ICCAS 2007 - International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems. p. 2329-2333 5 p. 4406749. (ICCAS 2007 - International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Navigation strategy and path planning for autonomous road crossing by outdoor mobile robots

  Chand, A. & Yuta, S., 2011 Dec 28, IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011. p. 161-167 7 p. 6088588. (IEEE 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: New Boundaries for Robotics, ICAR 2011).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Near-wall measurements of turbulence statistics with laser Doppler velocity profile and field sensors

  Shirai, K., Bayer, C., Voigt, A., Pfister, T., Büttner, L. & Czarske, J., 2007, Advances in Turbulence XI - Proceedings of the 11th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference. Springer Verlag, p. 150-152 3 p. (Advances in Turbulence XI - Proceedings of the 11th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Negative brillouin gain and its application to distributed fiber sensing

  Horiguchi, T., Muroi, R., Iwasaka, A., Wakao, K. & Miyamoto, Y., 2007, 2007 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication, ECOC 2007. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 5758623. (2007 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication, ECOC 2007).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Negative-sequence current injection of dispersed generation for islanding detection and unbalanced fault ride-through

  Tuyen, N. D. & Fujita, G., 2011, Proceedings of the Universities Power Engineering Conference. January ed. IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 2011-January. 6125495

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  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Negotiation strategy of agents in the MONOPOLY game

  Yasumura, Y., Oguchi, K. & Nitta, K., 2001, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, CIRA. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Vol. 2001-January. p. 277-281 5 p. 1013210

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Neighbour traffic-aware load balancing method in ad hoc networks

  Yamamoto, R., Miyoshi, T. & Tanaka, Y., 2012 Dec 12, Proceedings of the 2012 4th International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, INCoS 2012. p. 193-197 5 p. 6337919. (Proceedings of the 2012 4th International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems, INCoS 2012).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Network-based control for a system with long time delay and packet losses

  Suhara, T., Norizuki, H. & Uchimura, Y., 2017 Aug 3, Proceedings - 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1111-1116 6 p. 8001401. (IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Network-Based Control with State Prediction for Time-Delayed System

  Kobayashi, K., Minohara, A. & Uchimura, Y., 2018 Aug 10, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 982-987 6 p. 8433830. (IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics; vol. 2018-June).

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Network caching strategies for intermittently connected mobile users

  Shinkuma, R., Jain, S. & Yates, R., 2009, 2009 IEEE 20th Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications Symposium, PIMRC 2009. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1771-1775 5 p. 5449898. (IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC).

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Networked control under DoS attacks: Trade-off between resilience and data rate

  Feng, S., Cetinkaya, A., Ishii, H., Tesi, P. & De Persis, C., 2019 Jul, 2019 American Control Conference, ACC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 378-383 6 p. 8814662. (Proceedings of the American Control Conference; vol. 2019-July).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Networked embedded system architecture for controlling

  Ito, T. & Inoue, M., 2009, 19th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE 2009) in conjunction with the 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Engineering APCOSE 2009. INCOSE-International Council on Systems Engineering, p. 1555-1564 10 p. (19th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2009; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Networking business model in regional medical service - Case of Chikamori Medical Group in Kochi, Japan-

  Liu, F., Hirano, M. & Liu, P., 2008, ICC 2008 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, Proceedings. p. 5543-5547 5 p. 4534075. (IEEE International Conference on Communications).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Network management based QoE estimation for adaptive streaming over HTTP

  Phan-Xuan, T. & Kamioka, E., 2016 Nov 21, 2016 17th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium, Networks 2016 - Conference Proceedings. Gregoire, J-C., Dziong, Z. & Rak, J. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 182-187 6 p. 7751173. (2016 17th International Telecommunications Network Strategy and Planning Symposium, Networks 2016 - Conference Proceedings).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Network power saving by group control method with sensing data characteristic

  Arai, A., Takeda, Y., Nakamura, M. & Inoue, M., 2012 Dec 1, 1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012, GCCE 2012. p. 612-613 2 p. 6379930. (1st IEEE Global Conference on Consumer Electronics 2012, GCCE 2012).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Network power saving with sensing data characteristic

  Arai, A., Takeda, Y., Nakamura, M., Yamaguchi, T. & Inoue, M., 2011, ISCE 2011 - 15th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics. p. 166-170 5 p. 5973806. (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE).

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Neural Networks-based Robust Adaptive Dynamic Surface Sliding Mode Control of Flight Path Angle with Tracking Error Constraints

  Wang, S., Zhu, G., Chen, X., Zhang, X., Xu, J., Li, X. & Cao, H., 2019 Jun, Proceedings - 2019 IEEE 28th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 587-592 6 p. 8781536. (IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics; vol. 2019-June).

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Neural network with migration parallel ga for adaptive control of integrated DE-PSO parameters

  Pham, H., Tooyama, S. & Hasegawa, H., 2015 Jan 8, Proceedings - 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation, EUROSIM 2013. Al-Dabass, D., Cant, R., Zobel, R., Al-Begain, K., Cant, R., Orsoni, A., Al-Begain, K., Orsoni, A. & Al-Dabass, D. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 13-18 6 p. 7004910. (Proceedings - 8th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation, EUROSIM 2013).

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• New carbon material derived from mixture with lubricating oil and sulfuric acid and its electric property for EDLC

  Sugawara, S., Noorden, Z. A., Okaoto, R. & Matsumoto, S., 2012 Dec 1, Proceedings of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis, CMD 2012. p. 350-352 3 p. 6416451. (Proceedings of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis, CMD 2012).

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• New challenge of scalable modeling

  Noda, N. & Kishi, T., 2010, SPLC 2010 - Proceedings of the 14th International Software Product Line Conference. Botterweck, G., Jarzabek, S., Kishi, T., Lee, J. & Livengood, S. (eds.). Lancaster University, p. 191-192 2 p. (SPLC 2010 - Proceedings of the 14th International Software Product Line Conference).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• New cloth modeling for designing dyed patterns

  Morimoto, Y. & Ono, K., 2010 Dec 1, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010 Posters, SA'10. 11. (ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010 Posters, SA'10).

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• New concept motor that uses Compound Magnet Motive Forces For EV application

  Shigeta, T., Akatsu, K. & Katou, T., 2010 Dec 20, 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings. p. 2963-2970 8 p. 5618229. (2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings).

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

• New controller design method based on the data conversion method

  Arimura, R., Premachandra, C. & Kato, K., 2015 Dec 23, ICCAS 2015 - 2015 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 311-315 5 p. 7364929

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• New design method for seismic retrofit of bridge columns with continuous fiber sheet-performance-based design

  Mutsuyoshi, H., Ishibashi, T., Okano, M. & Katsuki, F., 1999 Aug 1, 4th International Symposium - Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Reinforced Concrete Structures. Dolan, C. W., Rizkalla, S. H. & Nanni, A. (eds.). American Concrete Institute, p. 229-241 13 p. (American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication; vol. SP-188).

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

• New feature for histopathologic diagnosis of early hepatocellular carcinoma - Degree of nuclear concentration -

  Tanimoto, Y., Takahashi, M., Oguruma, K. & Nakano, M., 2009, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: Image Processing, Biosignal Processing, Modelling and Simulation, Biomechanics. 4 ed. Springer Verlag, p. 1083-1086 4 p. (IFMBE Proceedings; vol. 25, no. 4).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• New frequency dependent target impedance for DDR3 memory system

  Sasaki, H., Kanazawa, M., Sudo, T., Tomishima, A. & Kaneko, T., 2011 Dec 1, 2011 IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems Symposium, EDAPS 2011. 6213774. (2011 IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems Symposium, EDAPS 2011).

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  7 Citations (Scopus)

• New identification method for dynamic characteristics of roller guideway based on finite element model

  Sakai, Y., Jiang, Z., Yoshioka, H. & Tanaka, T., 2015 Jan 1, Proceedings - ASPE 2015 Annual Meeting. American Society for Precision Engineering, ASPE, p. 357-362 6 p. (Proceedings - ASPE 2015 Annual Meeting).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• New nonlinear inversion technique for depth distribution of absorption using spatially resolved backscattering measurement

  Nishida, K., Namita, T., Kato, Y. & Shimizu, K., 2013, Optical Tomography and Spectroscopy of Tissue X. 85782X. (Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 8578).

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

• New PM parts for VVEL (variable valve event and lift system)

  Kawase, K., Abe, T., Tsuruta, S., Kaminaga, T., Akasaka, Y., Yamada, Y. & Fujiki, A., 2010, Proceedings of the World Powder Metallurgy Congress and Exhibition, World PM 2010. European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA), (Proceedings of the World Powder Metallurgy Congress and Exhibition, World PM 2010; vol. 5).

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• New reconstruction technique for 3 dimensional structure in shallow layer of turbid medium using optical transillumination images - Attempt for reconstruction with limited view angle

  Matsuura, T., Namita, T., Kato, Y. & Shimizu, K., 2013, 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2013. p. 1795-1798 4 p. 6609870. (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS).

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• New simple capacity estimation method for multiuser block diagonalization transmission

  Kudo, R., Takatori, Y., Ohta, A., Nishimori, K. & Kubota, S., 2007, 2007 IEEE 65th Vehicular Technology Conference - VTC2007-Spring. p. 1836-1840 5 p. 4212809. (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference).

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• New technique to estimate non-absorbing temporal point spread function for diffuse optical tomography using backscattered light

  Namita, T., Otani, M., Kato, Y. & Shimizu, K., 2011, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim, CLEOPR 2011. p. 701-703 3 p. (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

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• New technique to estimate non-absorbing temporal point spread function for diffuse optical tomography using backscattered light

  Namita, T., Otani, M., Kato, Y. & Shiniizu, K., 2011, 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf. p. 701-703 3 p. 6193879. (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.).

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