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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 2, 023606(2025)

Exploring coupling flip mechanisms via plasmon-induced transparency in active metamaterials

Zhiqiang Wu¹, Jingxiang Gao¹, Qingxiu Yang¹, Jiahao Chi¹, Guifang Wang^2、*, Songlin Zhuang¹, and Qingqing Cheng^1,2,3、**

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¹School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

²Department of Respiratory Diseases and Critical Medicine, Quzhou Hospital Affiliated with Wenzhou Medical University, Quzhou 324000, China

³State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Received: May. 12, 2024

Accepted: Aug. 26, 2024

Published Online: Mar. 6, 2025

The Author Email: Guifang Wang (wangguifang@fudan.edu.cn), Qingqing Cheng (qqcheng@usst.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.023606

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.023606

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