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In the paper we report on picosecond-laser bulk microstructuring and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in type IIa single-crystal diamond in the course of multipulse irradiation at λ=532 nm wavelength using an advanced ps-laser system equipped with additional setups for on-line video imaging and photoluminescence spectra measurements. The effect of crystal orientation (relative to the incident laser beam) on (i) optical breakdown thresholds, (ii) character of bulk modifications, and (iii) generation of stimulated Raman scattering in diamond during irradiation with picosecond pulses of different durations (τ 1=10 ps and τ 2=44 ps) is studied. It is shown that the processes of laser-induced breakdown in the bulk of diamond (at the backside of the crystals) and bulk microstructure growth are governed by the dielectric breakdown mechanism. It is found that generation of high-order stimulated Raman scattering in diamond crystals has a considerable effect on the threshold of laser-induced breakdown and bulk microstructuring. Conditions of the efficient SRS lasing are determined, depending on the pulse duration and the direction ([100] and [110]) of the laser beam incidence. A method of local temperature measurements in the bulk of diamond based on the Stokes-to-anti-Stokes intensity ratio in the recorded SRS spectra is proposed, its applicability to determine a “pre-breakdown” temperature of diamond during multipulse ps-laser irradiation is discussed.
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The authors are thankful to S.V. Garnov and I.I. Vlasov for helpful discussions of the SRS effects in diamond. The work was supported by the SNSF project IZ73Z0-128088/1.
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Pimenov, S.M., Neuenschwander, B., Jäggi, B. et al. Effect of crystal orientation on picosecond-laser bulk microstructuring and Raman lasing in diamond. Appl. Phys. A 114, 1309–1319 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7953-3
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