Submicrosecond electro-optical switching of one-dimensional soft photonic crystals

Lingling Ma; Chaoyi Li; Luyao Sun; Zhenpeng Song; Yanqing Lu; Bingxiang Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.449284

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