Switchable edge detection and imaging based on a phase-change metasurface with Ge2Sb2Se4Te1

Jie Hu; Ziyi Tang; Xiang Lan; Qinrong Deng; Wenting Zhang; Yijia Huang; Ling Li

doi:10.12086/oee.2023.220284

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