A study of surface swelling caused by graphitisation during pulsed laser ablation of carbon allotrope with high content of sp ³ bounds

Experiments and theory are employed to investigate the laser ablation of boron doped diamond and tetrahedral amorphous carbon using nanosecond pulses. For a single pulse at low values of fluence, the laser induces a swelling of the surface due to graphitisation, whilst a high level of fluence leads...

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Main Authors: Cadot, G.B.J., Billingham, John, Axinte, Dragos A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42532/