Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 51, Issue 8, 0851502(2022)

Measurement Methods on Polarization Distribution of Light Fields and Their Applications(Invited)

Shuxia QI, Sheng LIU, Peng LI, Bingyan WEI, Mengmeng ZHANG, Jiazhen DOU, Jiwei ZHAGN, and Jianlin ZHAO
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    Category: Special Issue for the 60th Anniversary of XIOPM of CAS, and the 50th Anniversary of the Acta Photonica Sinica Ⅱ

    Received: Jun. 28, 2022

    Accepted: Jul. 4, 2022

    Published Online: Oct. 25, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20225108.0851502

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