Development status, trend and key technologies of air-based laser communication

Yunqiang Zheng; Huan Liu; Jiacheng Meng; Yufei Wang; Wenchao Nie; Junxia Wu; Tingting Yu; Sentao Wei; Zhanchao Yuan; Wei Wang; Xiaoping Xie

doi:10.3788/IRLA20210475

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