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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 6, 063604(2025)

Double-functioned metalens inspired by compound eyes for naked-eye 3D display with high efficiency, high resolution, and large viewing range

Jian Zhu¹, Qinyue Sun², Zhenhuan Tian^2、*, Xuzheng Wang², Feng Li², and Feng Yun^2、**

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¹School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

²Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Photonics & Information Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

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Jian Zhu, Qinyue Sun, Zhenhuan Tian, Xuzheng Wang, Feng Li, Feng Yun, "Double-functioned metalens inspired by compound eyes for naked-eye 3D display with high efficiency, high resolution, and large viewing range," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 063604 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Received: Aug. 25, 2024

Accepted: Jan. 23, 2025

Published Online: Jun. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Zhenhuan Tian (tianzhenhuan@xjtu.edu.cn), Feng Yun (fyun2010@xjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.063604

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.063604

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