Frontiers in Physics (Dec 2021)

Ultrafast Laser Processing of Diamond Materials: A Review

  • Tzveta Apostolova,
  • Tzveta Apostolova,
  • Vasyl Kurylo,
  • Iaroslav Gnilitskyi,
  • Iaroslav Gnilitskyi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2021.650280
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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Diamond laser engineering is of great importance for designing devices, which find applications in radiation sensing and quantum technologies. A review of the present state of the art of experimental and theoretical studies on ultrashort laser irradiation of diamond is presented. For a wide range of laser parameters, the optimization of laser-induced electronic, optical and structural modifications of diamond requires quantitative understanding of the microscopic processes underlying the high electronic excitation in the material.

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