Opto-Electronic Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 8, 240161(2024)

Design of an orbital angular momentum demultiplexing system based on off-axis cascaded metasurfaces

Zhengyu Yi, Yang Li, Houkun Liang, and Ang Deng*
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  • Institute of Electronic Information, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
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    Category: Article

    Received: Jul. 12, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 12, 2024

    Published Online: Nov. 12, 2024

    The Author Email: Ang Deng (邓卬)

    DOI:10.12086/oee.2024.240161

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