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Spatial Self-Organization of Laser-Induced Graphite Nanonetwork in Diamond

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The interior of spontaneously growing graphitized microstructures formed in diamond bulk by picosecond laser pulses has been studied. Longitudinal and cross sections of microstructures, prepared using mechanical polishing and focused ion beam, have been studied by Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron–ion microscopy. The laser irradiation of diamond bulk is found to induce formation of a graphite nanonetwork in the processed region and its subsequent spontaneous growth towards the laser beam by a distance of ~60 µm. The graphite nanonetwork consists of many ~130-nm-thick graphite sheets clustered into segments. It is shown that the thickness of graphite sheets decreases with a decrease in the laser fluence at the modification front, whereas the segment length (~2.6 µm) is independent of the laser fluence at the modification front. A three-dimensional structural model of microsegment has been constructed based on the analysis of several longitudinal and cross sections of microstructures. The mechanism of graphite nanosheet clustering into microsegments is discussed.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-32-01072\19.

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  1. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    K. K. Ashikkalieva, V. M. Gololobov & E. E. Ashkinazi

  2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409, Moscow, Russia

    K. K. Ashikkalieva

  3. National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Mikhutkin

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Ashikkalieva, K.K., Gololobov, V.M., Mikhutkin, A.A. et al. Spatial Self-Organization of Laser-Induced Graphite Nanonetwork in Diamond. Phys. Wave Phen. 28, 375–381 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X20040020

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