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    • Photonics Research
    • Vol. 11, Issue 12, 2168 (2023)
    Ultrasensitive tunable terahertz lithium niobate metasurface sensing based on bound states in the continuum
    Xinyao Yu1, Fanghao Li1,*, Tingting Lang2,4, Jianyuan Qin3, and Xiao Ma2
    Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 2School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
  • 3Center for Terahertz Research, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
  • 4e-mail: langtingting@zust.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.501124 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xinyao Yu, Fanghao Li, Tingting Lang, Jianyuan Qin, Xiao Ma, "Ultrasensitive tunable terahertz lithium niobate metasurface sensing based on bound states in the continuum," Photonics Res. 11, 2168 (2023) Copy Citation Text show less
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