Alkali Metals for Plasmonics：Research Progresses from Foundations to Applications（Invited）

Yi ZHANG; Hanyu FU; Jie LIANG; Jia ZHU; Lin ZHOU

doi:10.3788/gzxb20225105.0551309

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