Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 3, 030501(2023)

Binary diffractive lens with subwavelength focusing for terahertz imaging

Ran Ning1, Dayong Wang1,2, Lu Rong1,2、*, Jie Zhao1,2, Yunxin Wang1,2, and Shufeng Lin1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
  • 2Beijing Engineering Research Center of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Beijing 100124, China
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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)

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    Paper Information

    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)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.030501

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