Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 1, 20210987(2022)

Development status and prospects of polarization imaging technology (Invited)

Haibo Luo1,2,3, Junchao Zhang4, Xingqin Gai5, and Yan Liu6
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Processing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China
  • 2Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China
  • 3Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110169, China
  • 4School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • 5Hebei Hanguang Heavy Industry Co, Ltd, Handan 056107, China
  • 6Space Star Technology Co., LTD, Beijing 100086, China
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    Category: Infrared techonlogy and application

    Received: Dec. 19, 2021

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    Published Online: Mar. 8, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210987

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