Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 12, 122702(2021)
Airborne quantum key distribution: a review [Invited] Editors' Pick
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Yang Xue, Wei Chen, Shuang Wang, Zhenqiang Yin, Lei Shi, Zhengfu Han. Airborne quantum key distribution: a review [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(12): 122702
Category: Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
Received: Jul. 2, 2021
Accepted: Sep. 29, 2021
Published Online: Nov. 4, 2021
The Author Email: Wei Chen (weich@ustc.edu.cn), Zhengfu Han (zfhan@ustc.edu.cn)