Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 6, 20210475(2022)

Development status, trend and key technologies of air-based laser communication

Yunqiang Zheng1,2, Huan Liu1,2、*, Jiacheng Meng1,2, Yufei Wang1,2, Wenchao Nie1,2, Junxia Wu1,2, Tingting Yu1,2, Sentao Wei1,2, Zhanchao Yuan1,2, Wei Wang1,2, and Xiaoping Xie1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratory of Photonics and Network, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, China
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    Category: Optical communication and sensing

    Received: Jul. 13, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 20, 2022

    The Author Email: Huan Liu (hliu@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210475

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