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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 4, 813(2024)

Broadband high-efficiency plasmonic metalens with negative dispersion characteristic

Yong-Qiang Liu^*, Yong Zhu, Hongcheng Yin, Jinhai Sun, Yan Wang, and Yongxing Che

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National Key Laboratory of Scattering and Radiation, Beijing 100854, China

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Category: Optical Devices

Received: Nov. 22, 2023

Accepted: Feb. 20, 2024

Published Online: Mar. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Yong-Qiang Liu (liuyq1990@126.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.513990

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