• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 12, 122702 (2021)
Yang Xue1、2, Wei Chen1、*, Shuang Wang1, Zhenqiang Yin1, Lei Shi2, and Zhengfu Han1、**
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  • 1CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Information and Navigation College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710077, China
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    Yang Xue, Wei Chen, Shuang Wang, Zhenqiang Yin, Lei Shi, Zhengfu Han. Airborne quantum key distribution: a review [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(12): 122702 Copy Citation Text show less
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