Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 48, Issue 17, 1714001(2021)

Tunable-Bandwidth Terahertz Polarization Converter Based on a Vanadium Dioxide Hybrid Metasurface

Zhaohui Yang1, Mingzhu Jiang1,2, Yongchen Liu1, Longhui Zhang1, Weilin Xu1, Yue'e Wang1, and Fangrong Hu1、*
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  • 1College of Electronic Engineering and Automation, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
  • 2Guilin Institute of Information Technology, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
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    Zhaohui Yang, Mingzhu Jiang, Yongchen Liu, Longhui Zhang, Weilin Xu, Yue'e Wang, Fangrong Hu. Tunable-Bandwidth Terahertz Polarization Converter Based on a Vanadium Dioxide Hybrid Metasurface[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2021, 48(17): 1714001

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    Category: terahertz technology

    Received: Jan. 19, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 1, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 4, 2021

    The Author Email: Hu Fangrong (hufangrong@sina.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202148.1714001

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