Dynamically taming focal fields of femtosecond lasers for fabricating microstructures

Meng-Qiang Cai; Qiang Wang; Cheng-Hou Tu; Yong-Nan Li; Hui-Tian Wang

doi:10.3788/COL202220.010502

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