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Crystalline Flat Surface Recovered by High-Temperature Annealing after Laser Ablation
- Daniel Smith,
- Soon Hock Ng,
- Amanda Tang,
- Tomas Katkus,
- Daniel Moraru and
- Saulius Juodkazis
Ultra-short laser pulses (1030 nm/230 fs) were used to laser ablate the surface of crystalline sapphire (Al2O3) at high intensity per pulse 20–200 TW/cm2/pulse. Laser-ablated patterns were annealed at a high temperature of 1500 °C. Sur...

