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    Journals >Photonics Research >Volume 12 >Issue 6 >Page 1107 > Article
    • Photonics Research
    • Vol. 12, Issue 6, 1107 (2024)
    Transient long-range distance measurement by a Vernier spectral interferometry
    Liang Xu1、2, Kun Wang1、2, Chen Liu1、2, Wenying Chen1、2, Chi Zhang1、2、*, and Xinliang Zhang1、2
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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