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Generation of structured light beams with polarization variation along arbitrary spatial trajectories using tri-layer metasurfaces

Tong Nan... Huan Zhao, Jinying Guo, Xinke Wang, Hao Tian and Yan Zhang* |Show fewer author(s)

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Dec. 28, 2023

Accepted: Feb. 26, 2024

Published Online: Sep. 23, 2024

The Author Email: Zhang Yan (YZhang)

DOI:10.29026/oes.2024.230052

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