Optical properties and applications of metal nanomaterials in ultrafast photonics: a review

Jiale Chao; Guangyu Wang; Pengtianyu Qiu; Haoqi Sun; Yachen Wang; Xuanzhu Duan; Jian Zhang; Yunyu Lyu; Ijaz Ahmad; Bo Fu

doi:10.1007/s10853-024-09993-8

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Optical properties and applications of metal nanomaterials in ultrafast photonics: a review

Jiale Chao, Guangyu Wang, Pengtianyu Qiu, Haoqi Sun, Yachen Wang, Xuanzhu Duan, Jian Zhang, Yunyu Lyu, Ijaz Ahmad, Bo Fu

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 59· Issue 29

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