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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 10, 1000001(2025)

Research Progress on Three-Dimensional Imaging Using Metasurfaces (Invited)

Hanming Wu, Jiaqin Li, Ze Yang, and Lingling Huang^*

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School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

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Received: Dec. 31, 2024

Accepted: Feb. 4, 2025

Published Online: May. 14, 2025

The Author Email: Lingling Huang (huanglingling@bit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP242395

CSTR:32186.14.LOP242395

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