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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 3, 318(2019)

All-angle optical switch based on the zero reflection effect of graphene–dielectric hyperbolic metamaterials

Wenyao Liang^1、*, Zheng Li², Yu Wang¹, Wuhe Chen¹, and Zhiyuan Li¹

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¹School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

²School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

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Paper Information

Category: Plasmonics and Metamaterials

Received: Oct. 18, 2018

Accepted: Jan. 21, 2019

Published Online: Mar. 7, 2019

The Author Email: Wenyao Liang (liangwenyao@scut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000318

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