Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 17, Issue 3, 25(2024)

Control of visible-range transmission and reflection haze by varying pattern size, shape and depth in flexible metasurfaces

Maity Avijit, Biswas Vaswati, and Vijaya R.
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Maity Avijit, Biswas Vaswati, Vijaya R.. Control of visible-range transmission and reflection haze by varying pattern size, shape and depth in flexible metasurfaces[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2024, 17(3): 25

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Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

Received: May. 6, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 11, 2024

Published Online: Dec. 11, 2024

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DOI:10.1007/s12200-024-00125-3

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