Ultrafast Science, Volume. 3, Issue 1, 0020(2023)

Review and Prospect of Single-Shot Ultrafast Optical Imaging by Active Detection

Xuanke Zeng、†, Xiaowei Lu、†, Congying Wang, Kaipeng Wu, Yi Cai*, Hongmei Zhong, Qinggang Lin, Jiahe Lin, Ruiwei Ye, and Shixiang Xu*
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Xuanke Zeng, Xiaowei Lu, Congying Wang, Kaipeng Wu, Yi Cai, Hongmei Zhong, Qinggang Lin, Jiahe Lin, Ruiwei Ye, Shixiang Xu. Review and Prospect of Single-Shot Ultrafast Optical Imaging by Active Detection[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2023, 3(1): 0020

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Feb. 1, 2023

Accepted: Mar. 24, 2023

Published Online: Dec. 4, 2023

The Author Email: Cai Yi (caiyi@szu.edu.cn), Xu Shixiang (shxxu@szu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.34133/ultrafastscience.0020

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