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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 1, 016015(2025)

Arbitrary hybrid and higher-order Poincaré sphere beam generation by metasurfaces via a unified design framework

Chuang Sun¹, Hailong Pi¹, Kian Shen Kiang¹, Jun-Yu Ou^2、*, and Jize Yan^1、*

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¹University of Southampton, School of Electronics and Computer Science, Southampton, United Kingdom

²University of Southampton, School of Physics and Astronomy, Southampton, United Kingdom

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Aug. 26, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 23, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 18, 2025

The Author Email: Ou Jun-Yu (bruce.ou@soton.ac.uk), Yan Jize (J.Yan@soton.ac.uk)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.1.016015

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