• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 19, Issue 11, 112601 (2021)
Zhi-Xiang Li1, Ya-Ping Ruan1, Peng Chen1, Jie Tang2, Wei Hu1, Ke-Yu Xia1, and Yan-Qing Lu1、*
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  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2School of Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
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    Zhi-Xiang Li, Ya-Ping Ruan, Peng Chen, Jie Tang, Wei Hu, Ke-Yu Xia, Yan-Qing Lu. Liquid crystal devices for vector vortex beams manipulation and quantum information applications [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(11): 112601 Copy Citation Text show less
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