Optically spatial information selection with hybridly polarized beam in atomic vapor

Jinwen Wang; Xin Yang; Yunke Li; Yun Chen; Mingtao Cao; Dong Wei; Hong Gao; Fuli Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.6.000451

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