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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 11, 1116009(2024)

Research Progress on Electric Field Sensors Based on the Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Effect (Invited)

Shiyao Deng1, Jiahao Peng1, Libo Wang2, Runhao Liu2, Fangheng Fu1, Huajiang Chen1, Yuming Wei1, Tiefeng Yang2, Heyuan Guan2、*, and Huihui Lu1、**
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  • 1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information and Sensing Technologies of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, Guangdong, China
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    Shiyao Deng, Jiahao Peng, Libo Wang, Runhao Liu, Fangheng Fu, Huajiang Chen, Yuming Wei, Tiefeng Yang, Heyuan Guan, Huihui Lu. Research Progress on Electric Field Sensors Based on the Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic Effect (Invited)[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(11): 1116009

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    Category: Materials

    Received: Dec. 7, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 12, 2024

    Published Online: Jun. 10, 2024

    The Author Email: Heyuan Guan (thuihuilu@jnu.edu.cn), Huihui Lu (guanheyuan@jnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232630

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP232630

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    laser devices and laser physics
    Lasers and Laser Optics
    Laser physics
    laser manufacturing
    Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology