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Optics Communications

Improved physical layer security of visible light communications with focused light emitters

Ozan Çirkinoglu, Onur Ferhanoğlu, Güneş Karabulut Kurt

Published Jan 2, 2021• 9 citations
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10.1016/j.optcom.2021.126752

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