Broadband high-efficiency plasmonic metalens with negative dispersion characteristic

Yong-Qiang Liu; Yong Zhu; Hongcheng Yin; Jinhai Sun; Yan Wang; Yongxing Che

doi:10.1364/PRJ.513990

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