Fig. 1. Experimental set-up of the dual-laser deposition^[31]

Fig. 2. Experimental set-up of the liquid-target PLD^[22]

Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of ordinary circular scanning and oscillating scanning and their ablation trajectory diagram^[20]. (a) Oscillating scanning; (b) scattered ablation trajectory; (c) ordinary circular scanning(the target rotates about its center); (d) annular ablation trajectory

Fig. 4. Experimental set-up of the cross dual-laser deposition^[44]

Fig. 5. Experimental set-up of the collinear dual-laser deposition^[45]

Fig. 6. Schematic illustration of the pulse picking mechanism^[47]

Fig. 7. Schematic diagram of the picosecond pulse laser and three output pulse shapes^[49]. (a) Schematic diagram of the picosecond pulse laser; (b)?(d) output pulse shapes at different voltage durations

Fig. 8. Schematic diagram of the experimental set-up for PLD, in which the velocity selector filter is inserted between the target and the substrate^[30]. (a) Deposition process when the filter is in the initial state; (b) deposition process when the filter is in working state

Fig. 9. Experimental set-up of symmetric dual target PLD^[52]

Fig. 10. Experimental set-up of the off-axis laser deposition^[53]

Fig. 11. Schematic of the PLD with magnetic duct^[54]

Fig. 12. Mask PLD experimental setup^[57]

Fig. 13. Experimental setup for a PLD system using plasma reflection technique^[57]