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    Journals >Photonics Research >Volume 12 >Issue 6 >Page 1294 > Article
    • Photonics Research
    • Vol. 12, Issue 6, 1294 (2024)
    High-resolution mid-infrared single-photon upconversion ranging
    Shuhong Jiang1, Kun Huang1,2,3,*, Tingting Yu1, Jianan Fang1..., Ben Sun1, Yan Liang4, Qiang Hao4, E. Wu1,2, Ming Yan1,2 and Heping Zeng1,2,5,6,7|Show fewer author(s)
    Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 2Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing 401121, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 4School of Optical Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 5Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China
  • 6Guangyang Bay Laboratory, Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Chongqing 400064, China
  • 7e-mail: hpzeng@phy.ecnu.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.522253 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shuhong Jiang, Kun Huang, Tingting Yu, Jianan Fang, Ben Sun, Yan Liang, Qiang Hao, E. Wu, Ming Yan, Heping Zeng, "High-resolution mid-infrared single-photon upconversion ranging," Photonics Res. 12, 1294 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less
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