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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 10, 1723(2023)

Plasmonic vortex beam emitter

Zi-Wen Zhang1,2, Yu-Lu Lei1,2, Juan-Feng Zhu3, and Chao-Hai Du1,2、*
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  • 1Center for Carbon-based Electronics, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 3Science, Mathematics, and Technology (SMT), Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore 487372, Singapore
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    Paper Information

    Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

    Received: Jun. 7, 2023

    Accepted: Aug. 3, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 27, 2023

    The Author Email: Chao-Hai Du (duchaohai@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.497533

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