Real-time suppression of random phase drift for laser ranging with high-frequency intermode beats

Ruitao Yang; Hao Sun; Pengcheng Hu; Hongxing Yang; Haijin Fu; Liang Yu; Xu Xing; Xuemei Ding; Jiubin Tan

doi:10.3788/COL202321.041202

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