Compact pulsed thulium-doped fiber laser for topographical patterning of hydrogels

Elizabeth Lee; Biao Sun; Jiaqi Luo; Satnam Singh; Deepak Choudhury; Derrick Yong; Xia Yu; Qijie Wang

doi:10.29026/oea.2020.190039

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