Broadband terahertz polarization beam splitter based on subwavelength grating sandwiched between silica layers

Zhang Yelan; Zhang Kun; Kong Weijin; Li Caiyu; Xia Feng; Yun Maojin

doi:10.3788/irla201948.0520003

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