Photonics-enabled distributed MIMO radar for high-resolution 3D imaging

Jingwen Dong; Qiang Sun; Zekun Jiao; Liqi Zhang; Ziqiang Yin; Jiajie Huang; Jinghan Yu; Shu Wang; Shangyuan Li; Xiaoping Zheng; Wangzhe Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.459762

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