Principle and Research Progress of Atmospheric Remote Sensing by Intense Femtosecond Lasers

Tiejun Wang; Na Chen; Hao Guo; Yaoxiang Liu; Yuxin Leng; Ruxin Li

doi:10.3788/LOP202259.0700001

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