• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 12, 1964 (2020)
Jindong Wang1、†, Zhizhou Lu2、3、†, Weiqiang Wang2、5、†,*, Fumin Zhang1、6、*, Jiawei Chen1, Yang Wang2、3, Jihui Zheng1, Sai T. Chu4, Wei Zhao2、3, Brent E. Little2、3, Xinghua Qu1, and Wenfu Zhang2、3、7、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology & Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • 5e-mail: wwq@opt.ac.cn
  • 6e-mail: zhangfumin@tju.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: wfuzhang@opt.ac.cn
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    Jindong Wang, Zhizhou Lu, Weiqiang Wang, Fumin Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Yang Wang, Jihui Zheng, Sai T. Chu, Wei Zhao, Brent E. Little, Xinghua Qu, Wenfu Zhang. Long-distance ranging with high precision using a soliton microcomb[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1964 Copy Citation Text show less
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