Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 4, 043601(2022)

Manipulation of polarization conversion and multiplexing via all-silicon phase-modulated metasurfaces

Zhen Yue1, Jitao Li1, Chenglong Zheng1, Jie Li1, Mingyang Chen2, Xuanruo Hao1, Hang Xu1, Qi Wang1, Yating Zhang1、*, and Jianquan Yao1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronics Information Technology (Tianjin University), Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Department of Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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    Zhen Yue, Jitao Li, Chenglong Zheng, Jie Li, Mingyang Chen, Xuanruo Hao, Hang Xu, Qi Wang, Yating Zhang, Jianquan Yao, "Manipulation of polarization conversion and multiplexing via all-silicon phase-modulated metasurfaces," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 043601 (2022)

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    Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

    Received: Dec. 3, 2021

    Accepted: Jan. 18, 2022

    Posted: Jan. 18, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 17, 2022

    The Author Email: Yating Zhang (yating@tju.edu.cn), Jianquan Yao (jqyao@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.043601

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