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Transforming graphite to nanoscale diamonds by a femtosecond laser pulse

Nüske, Ralf LU ; Jurgilaitis, Andrius LU ; Enquist, Henrik LU orcid ; Harb, Maher LU ; Fang, Y ; Håkanson, Ulf LU and Larsson, Jörgen LU orcid (2012) In Applied Physics Letters 100(4).
Abstract
Formation of cubic diamond from graphite following irradiation by a single, intense, ultra-short laser pulse has been observed. Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) samples were irradiated by a 100 fs pulse with a center wavelength of 800 nm. Following laser exposure, the HOPG samples were studied using Raman spectroscopy of the sample surface. In the laser-irradiated areas, nanoscale cubic diamond crystals have been formed. The exposed areas were also studied using grazing incidence x-ray powder diffraction showing a restacking of planes from hexagonal graphite to rhombohedral graphite. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3678190]
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  abstract     = {{Formation of cubic diamond from graphite following irradiation by a single, intense, ultra-short laser pulse has been observed. Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) samples were irradiated by a 100 fs pulse with a center wavelength of 800 nm. Following laser exposure, the HOPG samples were studied using Raman spectroscopy of the sample surface. In the laser-irradiated areas, nanoscale cubic diamond crystals have been formed. The exposed areas were also studied using grazing incidence x-ray powder diffraction showing a restacking of planes from hexagonal graphite to rhombohedral graphite. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3678190]}},
  author       = {{Nüske, Ralf and Jurgilaitis, Andrius and Enquist, Henrik and Harb, Maher and Fang, Y and Håkanson, Ulf and Larsson, Jörgen}},
  issn         = {{0003-6951}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Applied Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Transforming graphite to nanoscale diamonds by a femtosecond laser pulse}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2474096/2535228.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.3678190}},
  volume       = {{100}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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