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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 8, 2065(2025)

Measurement of microwave meta-quaternion vortex arrays enabling Luoshu-WeightLock imaging encryption

Sen Feng1,2、†, Yifeng Wang3、†, Zheng-Da Hu1, Jicheng Wang1,2,7、*, Xiong Wang3,8、*, Mengze Li4, Dazhi Ding4, Feng Zhang5, and Sergei Khakhomov6
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
  • 3School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 4School of Integrated Circuits, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 5Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 6Department of Optics and General Physics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Gomel 246019, Belarus
  • 7e-mail: jcwang@jiangnan.edu.cn
  • 8e-mail: wangxiong@shanghaitech.edu.cn
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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Apr. 9, 2025

    Accepted: May. 6, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 18, 2025

    The Author Email: Jicheng Wang (jcwang@jiangnan.edu.cn), Xiong Wang (wangxiong@shanghaitech.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.564684

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.564684

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