Virtual metasurfaces: reshaping electromagnetic waves in distance

Ruichao Zhu; Jiafu Wang; Yajuan Han; Yuxiang Jia; Tonghao Liu; Tianshuo Qiu; Sai Sui; Yongfeng Li; Mingbao Yan; Shaobo Qu; Cheng-Wei Qiu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.475471

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 203(2023)

Virtual metasurfaces: reshaping electromagnetic waves in distance

Ruichao Zhu¹, Jiafu Wang^1,4、*, Yajuan Han¹, Yuxiang Jia¹, Tonghao Liu¹, Tianshuo Qiu¹, Sai Sui¹, Yongfeng Li¹, Mingbao Yan¹, Shaobo Qu¹, and Cheng-Wei Qiu^2,3,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Artificially-Structured Functional Materials and Devices, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710051, China

²Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore

³NUS Suzhou Research Institute (NUSRI), Suzhou 215000, China

⁴e-mail: wangjiafu1981@126.com

⁵e-mail: chengwei.qiu@nus.edu.sg

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Paper Information

Category: Physical Optics

Received: Sep. 13, 2022

Accepted: Dec. 6, 2022

Published Online: Feb. 8, 2023

The Author Email: Jiafu Wang (wangjiafu1981@126.com), Cheng-Wei Qiu (chengwei.qiu@nus.edu.sg)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.475471

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