Arbitrary large-gradient wavefront shaping: from local phase modulation to nonlocal diffraction engineering

Xipu Dong; Jierong Cheng; Yiwu Yuan; Zhenyu Xing; Fei Fan; Xianghui Wang; Shengjiang Chang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.438059

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