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Diffractive Spectral-Splitting Optical Element Designed by Adjoint-Based Electromagnetic Optimization and Fabricated by Femtosecond 3D Direct Laser Writing

Xiao, T. Patrick·Cifci, Osman S.·Bhargava, Samarth·Chen, Hao·Gissibl, Timo·Zhou, Weijun·Giessen, Harald·Toussaint, Kimani C.·Yablonovitch, Eli·Braun, Paul V.
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Xiao, T. Patrick, Cifci, Osman S., Bhargava, Samarth, Chen, Hao, Gissibl, Timo, Zhou, Weijun, Giessen, Harald, Toussaint, Kimani C., Yablonovitch, Eli, Braun, Paul V.. 2016-04-27. Diffractive Spectral-Splitting Optical Element Designed by Adjoint-Based Electromagnetic Optimization and Fabricated by Femtosecond 3D Direct Laser Writing. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00066

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