Detection of cylindrical vector beams with chiral plasmonic lens

Chuangye Zhang; Changjun Min; Yuquan Zhang; Yanan Fu; Ling Li; Yulong Wang; Xiaocong Yuan

doi:10.3788/COL202220.023602

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