Exploiting a metal wire grating in total internal reflection geometry to achieve achromatic polarization conversion

Xudong Liu; Xuequan Chen; Edward P. J. Parrott; Emma Pickwell-MacPherson

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000299

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