Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 1, 013601(2023)
Generation of tunable superchiral spot in metal-insulator-metal waveguide
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Tao Zhuang, Haifeng Hu, Qiwen Zhan, "Generation of tunable superchiral spot in metal-insulator-metal waveguide," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 013601 (2023)
Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics
Received: Apr. 20, 2022
Accepted: Jul. 22, 2022
Posted: Jul. 22, 2022
Published Online: Sep. 28, 2022
The Author Email: Haifeng Hu (hfhu@usst.edu.cn), Qiwen Zhan (qwzhan@usst.edu.cn)