Electrifying the field of metasurface optics

Nicholas A. Güsken; Mark L. Brongersma

doi:10.3788/PI.2024.C08

Photonics Insights, Volume. 3, Issue 4, C08(2024)

Electrifying the field of metasurface optics

Nicholas A. Güsken and Mark L. Brongersma^*

Author Affiliations

Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA

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Received: Oct. 28, 2024

Accepted: Oct. 29, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 20, 2024

The Author Email: Brongersma Mark L. (brongersma@stanford.edu)

DOI:10.3788/PI.2024.C08

CSTR:32396.14.PI.2024.C08

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