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10th Anniversary of LSA: Collection on Optical Material Processing
2022 marks the 10th anniversary of Light: Science & Applications (LSA). In the past decade, LSA has published hundreds of outstanding researches covering the fundamentals and applications in all areas of optics and photonics. From those published papers, we have picked some on Optical Material Processing to share with you, our readers. We hope this collection can stimulate more researches and practices in related fields, and promote further progress in optics and photonics research.
An electrically driven single-mode microlaser, containing a lasing peak at 390.5 nm, a narrow FWHM ~ 0.18 nm, and Q-factor ~ 2169, was proposed and demonstrated.
The combination of a state-of-the-art high harmonic source, structured EUV light, and advanced ptychography reconstruction algorithms enables material-specific high-contrast and high-resolution imaging on the nanoscale.
We demonstrate the oscillated photonic spin Hall effect (corresponding to circular or alternating spin current) by using the well-designed Pancharatnam–Berry phase optical elements fabricated in liquid crystal.
Schematic of the dynamic process of the laser-induced plasma assisted ablation. The process consists of laser heating, plasma generation, absorption enhancement and material removal.
Synthesis of Pt single atom catalysts is achieved by one-step laser irradiation of “isolated” H2PtCl6 precursor on graphene oxide, via filtration and freeze-drying sublimation, by simultaneous pyrolysis of the precursor and reduction of graphene oxide.