Quasi-omnibearing retro-reflective metagrating protected by reciprocity

Yuxiang Jia; Jiafu Wang; Yajuan Han; Ruichao Zhu; Zhongtao Zhang; Jie Yang; Yueyu Meng; Yongfeng Li; Shaobo Qu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.447037

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