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Photonics Research
Vol. 10, Issue 12, 2886 (2022)

Quantum positioning and ranging via a distributed sensor network

Xiaocong Sun^1、†, Wei Li^1、2、†, Yuhang Tian¹, Fan Li¹, Long Tian^1、2, Yajun Wang^1、2, and Yaohui Zheng^1、2、*

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¹State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

²Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

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