Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 3, 030501(2023)
Binary diffractive lens with subwavelength focusing for terahertz imaging
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Ran Ning, Dayong Wang, Lu Rong, Jie Zhao, Yunxin Wang, Shufeng Lin, "Binary diffractive lens with subwavelength focusing for terahertz imaging," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 030501 (2023)
Category: Diffraction, Gratings, and Holography
Received: Jul. 5, 2022
Accepted: Sep. 20, 2022
Published Online: Nov. 7, 2022
The Author Email: Lu Rong (ronglu@bjut.edu.cn)