A Metalens with a Near-Unity Numerical Aperture
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A Metalens with a Near-Unity Numerical Aperture.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nano Letters
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1530-6984,1530-6992
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00368