Polarization-robust mid-infrared carpet cloak with minimized lateral shift

Yao Huang; Jingjing Zhang; Jinhui Zhou; Bo Qiang; Zhengji Xu; Lin Liu; Jifang Tao; Nicolas Kossowski; Qijie Wang; Yu Luo

doi:10.1364/PRJ.414437

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