Optically controlled dielectric metasurfaces for dynamic dual-mode modulation on terahertz waves

Haoyang Zhou; Sheng Zhang; Shunjia Wang; Yao Yao; Qingnan Cai; Jing Lin; Xiaoying Zheng; Zhuo Wang; Zhensheng Tao; Qiong He; Lei Zhou

doi:10.1117/1.AP.5.2.026005

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