A Broadband Achromatic Dielectric Planar Metalens in Mid-IR Range

Ye YUAN; Zilong YAN; Peifeng ZHANG; Zhu CHANG; Fengjiang PENG; Ruotong CHEN; Zhenyuan YANG; Shizheng CHEN; Qing ZHAO; Xiaoping HUANG

doi:10.1007/s13320-022-0667-4

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