A Large-Aperture Synthetic Aperture Imaging Ladar Demonstrator and Its Verification in Laboratory Space

Liu Liren; Zhou Yu; Zhi Ya′nan; Sun Jianfeng; Wu Yapeng; Luan Zhu; Yan Aimin; Wang Lijuan; Dai Enwen; Lu Wei

doi:10.3788/aos201131.0900112

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