Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 8, 0822002(2024)

Inverse Design of High-Performance Near-Infrared Polymer Metalens

Heming Wei*, Wenchen Hu, and Fufei Pang
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, School of Communication and Information Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Design and Fabrication

    Received: Nov. 29, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 29, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 11, 2024

    The Author Email: Wei Heming (hmwei@shu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231859

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