Fabrication of lithium niobate metasurfaces via a combination of FIB and ICP-RIE

Chunyan Jin; Wei Wu; Lei Cao; Bofeng Gao; Jiaxin Chen; Wei Cai; Mengxin Ren; Jingjun Xu

doi:10.3788/COL202220.113602

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