Bi-channel near- and far-field optical vortex generator based on a single plasmonic metasurface

Qiao Jiang; Yanjun Bao; Jing Li; Lifeng Tian; Tong Cui; Lin Sun; Bowen Du; Bowen Li; Benfeng Bai; Jia Wang; Hongbo Sun; Bo Shen; Han Zhang; Feng Lin; Xing Zhu; Zheyu Fang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.385099

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