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Photonics Research

Polarization-Sensitive Mid-Infrared Detection and Polarization Imaging via Metasurface-Integrated Superconducting Nanowires

Kaicheng Zhou, Xudong Yang, Xiangping Li, Haojie Li, Shenghai Hu, Zhi Qin, Han Bao, Tao Xu, Cou Tu, Labao Zhang, Qingyuan Zhao, Xiaoqing Jia, Lin Kang, Jian Chen, Peiheng Wu

Published Sep 18, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1364/prj.614194

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