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Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 10, B14(2022)

Anisotropic Fermat’s principle for controlling hyperbolic van der Waals polaritons

Sicen Tao1,2, Tao Hou1, Yali Zeng1,2, Guangwei Hu2, Zixun Ge1, Junke Liao1, Shan Zhu1, Tan Zhang2, Cheng-Wei Qiu2,3、*, and Huanyang Chen1,4、*
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  • 1Department of Physics, Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
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    Sicen Tao, Tao Hou, Yali Zeng, Guangwei Hu, Zixun Ge, Junke Liao, Shan Zhu, Tan Zhang, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Huanyang Chen. Anisotropic Fermat’s principle for controlling hyperbolic van der Waals polaritons[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(10): B14

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    Special Issue: OPTICAL METASURFACES: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS

    Received: May. 13, 2022

    Accepted: Jul. 31, 2022

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2022

    The Author Email: Cheng-Wei Qiu (chengwei.qiu@nus.edu.sg), Huanyang Chen (kenyon@xmu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.463611

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