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Photonics Research
Vol. 12, Issue 1, 70 (2024)

Three-dimensional nanoscale vortex line visualization and chiral nanostructure fabrication of tightly focused multi-vortex beams via direct laser writing | On the Cover

Mengdi Luo^1、†, Jisen Wen^1、†, Pengcheng Ma¹, Qiuyuan Sun¹, Xianmeng Xia¹, Gangyao Zhan¹, Zhenyao Yang¹, Liang Xu¹, Dazhao Zhu^1、4、*, Cuifang Kuang^{1、2、3、5、*}, and Xu Liu²

Author Affiliations

¹Research Center for Intelligent Chips and Devices, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China

²State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

³ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311200, China

⁴e-mail: zhudz@zhejianglab.com

⁵e-mail: cfkuang@zju.edu.cn

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Mengdi Luo, Jisen Wen, Pengcheng Ma, Qiuyuan Sun, Xianmeng Xia, Gangyao Zhan, Zhenyao Yang, Liang Xu, Dazhao Zhu, Cuifang Kuang, Xu Liu. Three-dimensional nanoscale vortex line visualization and chiral nanostructure fabrication of tightly focused multi-vortex beams via direct laser writing[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(1): 70 Copy Citation Text

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Mengdi Luo, Jisen Wen, Pengcheng Ma, Qiuyuan Sun, Xianmeng Xia, Gangyao Zhan, Zhenyao Yang, Liang Xu, Dazhao Zhu, Cuifang Kuang, Xu Liu. Three-dimensional nanoscale vortex line visualization and chiral nanostructure fabrication of tightly focused multi-vortex beams via direct laser writing[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(1): 70

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