Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 3, 033602(2023)

High color saturation and angle-insensitive ultrathin color filter based on effective medium theory

Xinting Li1, Yang Li1,2, Chao Li1, Song Gao1,2、*, and Wenjing Yue1,2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
  • 2Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Network Based Intelligent Computing, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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    Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

    Received: Jun. 28, 2022

    Accepted: Nov. 7, 2022

    Published Online: Dec. 2, 2022

    The Author Email: Song Gao (ise_gaos@ujn.edu.cn), Wenjing Yue (ise_yuewj@ujn.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.033602

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