Manipulation of embedded nanostructures by femtosecond laser (IMAGE)

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Manipulation of embedded nanostructures by femtosecond laser

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Researchers propose a top-down two-step strategy for the controllable synthesis of chiral nanostructures inside optical crystals. They first encapsulated gold nanoparticles in yttrium aluminum garnet crystals, then used a femtosecond laser with continuously varying polarization direction to manipulate them.

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Dr. Han Zhu and Professor Feng Chen from Shandong University, China, and Dr. Saulius Juodkazis from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia https://www.oejournal.org/oea/article/cstr/32247.14.oea.2026.260017

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