Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 52, Issue 1, 20220748(2023)
Technical progress and system evaluation of all-time single photon lidar
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Bo Liu, Yun Jiang, Rui Wang, Zhen Chen, Bin Zhao, Fengyun Huang, Yuqiang Yang. Technical progress and system evaluation of all-time single photon lidar[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(1): 20220748
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