Development of Multiple Pulse Picosecond Laser with 1 kHz Repetition Rate and Its Application in Space Debris Laser Ranging

Mingliang Long; Huarong Deng; Haifeng Zhang; Zhibo Wu; Zhongping Zhang; Meng Chen

doi:10.3788/AOS202141.0614001

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