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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 17, 1720021(2025)

Analysis of Low-Altitude UAV Small Target Detection and Snapshot Spectral Imaging Applications (Invited)

Dongliang Li^1,2, Hongxing Cai^1,2、*, Tingting Wang³, Junxia Zhao^1,2,4, Yangyang Hua^1,2, Jianguo Liu^1,2, Siyuan Song^1,2, and Siyuan Song^1,2

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¹School of Physics, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China

²Key laboratory of Jilin Province for Spectral Detection Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China

³School of Photoelectric Science, Changchun College of Electronic Technology, Changchun 130022, Jilin , China

⁴Shandong North Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd., Taian271000, Shandong , China

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Dongliang Li, Hongxing Cai, Tingting Wang, Junxia Zhao, Yangyang Hua, Jianguo Liu, Siyuan Song, Siyuan Song. Analysis of Low-Altitude UAV Small Target Detection and Snapshot Spectral Imaging Applications (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2025, 45(17): 1720021

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Paper Information

Category: Optics in Computing

Received: Jun. 10, 2025

Accepted: Aug. 29, 2025

Published Online: Sep. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Hongxing Cai (caihx@cust.edu.cm)

DOI:10.3788/AOS251247

CSTR:32393.14.AOS251247

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