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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 2, Issue 5, 056004(2020)

Reversible switching of electromagnetically induced transparency in phase change metasurfaces

Libang Mao1、†, Yang Li1,2, Guixin Li2, Shuang Zhang3, and Tun Cao1、*
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  • 1Dalian University of Technology, School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian, China
  • 2Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen, China
  • 3University of Birmingham, School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 22, 2020

    Accepted: Sep. 7, 2020

    Posted: Sep. 8, 2020

    Published Online: Oct. 9, 2020

    The Author Email: Cao Tun (caotun1806@dlut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056004

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