Opto-Electronic Advances, Volume. 6, Issue 6, 230029(2023)
Microsphere femtosecond laser sub-50 nm structuring in far field via non-linear absorption
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Zhenyuan Lin, Kuan Liu, Tun Cao, Minghui Hong. Microsphere femtosecond laser sub-50 nm structuring in far field via non-linear absorption[J]. Opto-Electronic Advances, 2023, 6(6): 230029
Category: Research Articles
Received: Feb. 20, 2023
Accepted: Apr. 18, 2023
Published Online: Oct. 8, 2023
The Author Email: Tun Cao (;), Minghui Hong (;)