Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 49, Issue 10, 20201042(2020)

Review of optical phased array techniques

Yanxing Ma, Jian Wu, Rongtao Su, Pengfei Ma, Pu Zhou, Xiaojun Xu, and Yijun Zhao
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  • College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    Category: Adaptive optics

    Received: Jul. 10, 2020

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    Published Online: Jul. 6, 2021

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20201042

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