• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 52, Issue 9, 20220808 (2023)
Zhiyuan Li1, Aiping Zhai1,*, Yingze Ji1, Guohui Li1..., Dong Wang1, Wenyan Wang1, Linlin Shi1, Ting Ji1, Fei Liu2 and Yanxia Cui1|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • 2School of Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20220808 Cite this Article
    Zhiyuan Li, Aiping Zhai, Yingze Ji, Guohui Li, Dong Wang, Wenyan Wang, Linlin Shi, Ting Ji, Fei Liu, Yanxia Cui. Research, application and progress of optical polarization imaging technology[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(9): 20220808 Copy Citation Text show less
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