Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 1, Issue 3, 237(2008)

Laser detection by electronic instead of optical heterodyne using a two-frequency laser

Lei LI1、*, Changming ZHAO2, and Suhui YANG2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2School of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    Published Online: Nov. 6, 2012

    The Author Email: LI Lei (lilei@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-008-0076-3

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