Opto-Electronic Advances, Volume. 6, Issue 6, 230029(2023)

Microsphere femtosecond laser sub-50 nm structuring in far field via non-linear absorption

Zhenyuan Lin1...3, Kuan Liu2, Tun Cao2,*, and Minghui Hong13,* |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, Xiamen University , Xiamen 361102, China
  • 2School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
  • 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, 117576, Singapore
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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Feb. 20, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 18, 2023

    Published Online: Oct. 8, 2023

    The Author Email: Tun Cao (;), Minghui Hong (;)

    DOI:10.29026/oea.2023.230029

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