Broadband infinite-Q plasmons enable intense Smith–Purcell radiation

Zi-Wen Zhang; Chao-Hai Du; Yu-Lu Lei; Juan-Feng Zhu; Pu-Kun Liu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.499770

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