Complementary transmissive ultra-thin meta-deflectors for broadband polarization-independent refractions in the microwave region

Yueyi Yuan; Kuang Zhang; Xumin Ding; Badreddine Ratni; Shah Nawaz Burokur; Qun Wu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000080

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