Optimizing the transmitter field of view of an alignment-free distributed-cavity laser incorporating cat-eye optics

Junjie Liu; Yue Qi; Quan Sheng; Sijia Wang; Meng Wang; Degang Xu; Wei Shi; Jianquan Yao

doi:10.3788/IRLA20211108

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