“…Moreover, the laser source is outside the vacuum chamber, and this provides a much larger flexibility in the choice of the material as a target, the geometrical arrangements, and the variation of the deposition parameters. Thanks to the congruent removal of the target constituents, PLD has been widely used to deposit complex metal oxide films, such as high-Tc superconductors, hexaferrites, and multiferroics. , Furthermore, in the last few decades, this technique has been successfully exploited for the growth of metallic thin films and multilayers, − paving the way for a simpler process to fabricate a new class of advanced multifunctional films and heterostructures (i.e., ferroelectric/ferromagnetic materials) where complex oxides and metallic alloys are properly combined.…”