Free-space wavelength-multiplexed optical scanner demonstration

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 5568-5573

  Yaqoob, Zahid ^a   Riza, Nabeel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Nuonics Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0037056315     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005568     Document Type: Article

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