Flexible high-resolution thin micropolarizers for imaging polarimetry

Yan Wu; Yang Yang; Yue Yin; Linmao Dai; Xiaochun Li; Huihui Huang; Shuangchun Wen

doi:10.3788/COL202321.031301

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