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A “light chaser” and his dream of Optics Valley of China

  • Wei Hong ,
  • Zhen Wang ,
  • Jianji Dong
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  • Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

Received date: 09 Dec 2022

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Wei Hong , Zhen Wang , Jianji Dong . A “light chaser” and his dream of Optics Valley of China[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2022 , 15(4) : 52 . DOI: 10.1007/s12200-022-00053-0

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