Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 1, 010002(2023)

Photo-reconfigurable and electrically switchable spatial terahertz wave modulator [Invited]

Hongguan Yu, Huacai Wang, Zhixiong Shen, Shina Tao, Shijun Ge*, and Wei Hu**
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  • College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    Hongguan Yu, Huacai Wang, Zhixiong Shen, Shina Tao, Shijun Ge, Wei Hu, "Photo-reconfigurable and electrically switchable spatial terahertz wave modulator [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 010002 (2023)

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    Special Issue: SPECIAL ISSUE ON OPTICAL METASURFACES: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS

    Received: Aug. 13, 2022

    Accepted: Sep. 30, 2022

    Published Online: Oct. 28, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.010002

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