Research Progress on Propagation of Laser Array Beams in Turbulent Atmosphere

Bao-gang TIAN; Wen-yue ZHU; Rui-zhong RAO; Bao-sheng LI

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2013.02.001

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