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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 5, 451(2018)

Optically spatial information selection with hybridly polarized beam in atomic vapor

Jinwen Wang, Xin Yang, Yunke Li, Yun Chen, Mingtao Cao, Dong Wei, Hong Gao^*, and Fuli Li

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Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Quantum Optoelectronic Devices, School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

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Category: Polarization

Received: Jan. 12, 2018

Accepted: Mar. 6, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 6, 2018

The Author Email: Hong Gao (honggao@xjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000451

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