High-precision glass-on-glass printing via laser-induced forward transfer of solid state SiO&lt;sub&gt;x&lt;/sub&gt;: fabrication technique and optical applications

Nastaran Bakhtiari; Jürgen Ihlemann

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High-precision glass-on-glass printing via laser-induced forward transfer of solid state SiOx: fabrication technique and optical applications

Light: Advanced Manufacturing Vol. 7 No. 1 pp. 83 · Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Nastaran Bakhtiari, Jürgen Ihlemann (2026). High-precision glass-on-glass printing via laser-induced forward transfer of solid state SiOx: fabrication technique and optical applications. Light: Advanced Manufacturing, 7(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.37188/lam.2026.008

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