Ultra-broadband nanophotonic phase shifter based on subwavelength metamaterial waveguides

David González-Andrade; José Manuel Luque-González; J. Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez; Alejandro Ortega-Moñux; Pavel Cheben; Íñigo Molina-Fernández; Aitor V. Velasco

doi:10.1364/PRJ.373223

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