Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 19, 1913015(2024)

Review on Dynamic Modulator via Liquid Crystal Metasurface (Invited)

Ziwei Zhou*, Chengkun Dong, Jiayi Wang, Qing He, Yiyun He, and Jun Xia
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  • Joint International Research Laboratory of Information Display and Visualization, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu , China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Aug. 13, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 2, 2024

    Published Online: Oct. 16, 2024

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    DOI:10.3788/LOP241842

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP241842

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