Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 1, 010002(2023)
Photo-reconfigurable and electrically switchable spatial terahertz wave modulator [Invited]
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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)
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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