Terahertz metalens of hyper-dispersion

Fen Zhao; Ziping Li; Sheng Li; Xuemei Dai; Yi Zhou; Xiaoyu Liao; J. C. Cao; Gaofeng Liang; Zhengguo Shang; Zhihai Zhang; Zhongquan Wen; Hua Li; Gang Chen

doi:10.1364/PRJ.439481

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