Journal of Applied Optics, Volume. 45, Issue 2, 237(2024)

Research progress of OWC/RF hybrid communication system

Chenghu KE1... Minghui CHEN2, Jingyuan LIANG2, Li ZHAO3, Huiqin WANG4, Yi WANG5, and Xizheng KE12,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Engineering, Xi'an University, Xi'an 710065, China
  • 2School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710048, China
  • 3School of Electronic Information Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, China
  • 4School of Computer and Communication, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
  • 5School of Information Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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    Chenghu KE, Minghui CHEN, Jingyuan LIANG, Li ZHAO, Huiqin WANG, Yi WANG, Xizheng KE. Research progress of OWC/RF hybrid communication system[J]. Journal of Applied Optics, 2024, 45(2): 237

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 3, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 28, 2024

    The Author Email: KE Xizheng (柯熙政(1962—))

    DOI:10.5768/JAO202445.0209001

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