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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 7, Issue 3, 034002(2025)

Recent advances in femtosecond laser direct writing of three-dimensional periodic photonic structures in transparent materials

Bin Zhang, Wenchao Yan*, and Feng Chen*
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    Received: Oct. 15, 2024

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    The Author Email: Yan Wenchao (yanwenchao@sdu.edu.cn), Chen Feng (drfchen@sdu.edu.cn)

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