High-Sensitivity Visualization of Ultrafast Carrier Diffusion by Wide-Field Holographic Microscopy

Martin Hörmann; Federico Visentin; Andrea Zanetta; Johann Osmond; Giulia Grancini; Niek F. Hulst; Matz Liebel; Giulio Cerullo; Franco V. A. Camargo

doi:10.34133/ultrafastscience.0032

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