Overcoming the barrier of nanoparticle production by femtosecond laser ablation in liquids using simultaneous spatial and temporal focusing

Carlos Doñate-Buendía; Mercedes Fernández-Alonso; Jesús Lancis; Gladys Mínguez-Vega

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.001249

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