Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 11, 112601(2021)

Liquid crystal devices for vector vortex beams manipulation and quantum information applications [Invited] Editors' Pick

Zhi-Xiang Li1, Ya-Ping Ruan1, Peng Chen1, Jie Tang2, Wei Hu1, Ke-Yu Xia1, and Yan-Qing Lu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2School of Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
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    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Aug. 8, 2021

    Accepted: Sep. 6, 2021

    Published Online: Oct. 18, 2021

    The Author Email: Yan-Qing Lu (yqlu@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.112601

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