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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 8, 789(2018)

Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures on lithium niobate crystal benefiting from sample heating

Qiang Li1, Qiang Wu1,2、*, Yanan Li1, Chunling Zhang1, Zixi Jia1, Jianghong Yao1,3, Jun Sun1,2, and Jingjun Xu1,2
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, TEDA Institute of Applied Physics and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 3e-mail: yaojh@nankai.edu.cn
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    Qiang Li, Qiang Wu, Yanan Li, Chunling Zhang, Zixi Jia, Jianghong Yao, Jun Sun, Jingjun Xu, "Femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures on lithium niobate crystal benefiting from sample heating," Photonics Res. 6, 789 (2018)

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    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: Feb. 7, 2018

    Accepted: Jun. 5, 2018

    Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

    The Author Email: Qiang Wu (wuqiang@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000789

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