• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 7, Issue 12, 1432 (2019)
Hongnan Xu, Daoxin Dai, and Yaocheng Shi*
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  • Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.7.001432 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Hongnan Xu, Daoxin Dai, Yaocheng Shi, "Anisotropic metamaterial-assisted all-silicon polarizer with 415-nm bandwidth," Photonics Res. 7, 1432 (2019) Copy Citation Text show less
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