Mechanically reprogrammable Pancharatnam–Berry metasurface for microwaves

Quan Xu; Xiaoqiang Su; Xueqian Zhang; Lijuan Dong; Lifeng Liu; Yunlong Shi; Qiu Wang; Ming Kang; Andrea Alù; Shuang Zhang; Jiaguang Han; Weili Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.AP.4.1.016002

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