Generating superposed terahertz perfect vortices via a spin-multiplexed all-dielectric metasurface

Fan Huang; Quan Xu; Wanying Liu; Tong Wu; Jianqiang Gu; Jiaguang Han; Weili Zhang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.476120

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