Blind zone-suppressed hybrid beam steering for solid-state Lidar

Chao Li; Xianyi Cao; Kan Wu; Gaofeng Qiu; Minglu Cai; Guangjin Zhang; Xinwan Li; Jianping Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.424393

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