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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 11, 113601(2024)

Tunable vector vortex beam generation using phase change metasurfaces [Invited]

Xinyi Ding¹, Zerong Li¹, Jiahui Ren¹, Ziwei Zheng², Fei Ding^3、*, and Shiwei Tang¹

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¹School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China

²Digital Industry Research Institute, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, China

³Centre for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

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Xinyi Ding, Zerong Li, Jiahui Ren, Ziwei Zheng, Fei Ding, Shiwei Tang, "Tunable vector vortex beam generation using phase change metasurfaces [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 113601 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Received: Mar. 12, 2024

Accepted: May. 27, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 6, 2024

The Author Email: Fei Ding (tangshiwei@nbu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.113601

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.113601

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