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Prof. Eugene Gamaly

Position: Senior Fellow (part time) Qualification: : MSc. (Moscow State University, Russia, 1958), PhD. (Federal Nuclear Center, Russia,1970) D.Sc., Professor of Physics, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, USSR (1980) Address: Laser Physics Centre, RSPhysSE, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT0200 Australia Office: Room J3-11, John Carver Building, 58C Phone: +61 2 6125 8659 Fax: +61 2 6125 0029 Email: gam111@rsphysse.anu.edu.au

Research Interests and Expertise:

• High temperature and high-density plasma physics, laser fusion;
• Ultra-short laser-matter interaction, laser-induced phonon excitation, phase transformations and ablation;
• Nanoclusters formation in laser plume and by ion beams;
• Surface plasmons at the dielectric-birefringent meta-material interface;
• Generation of high pressure and formation of super-dense materials by tightly focused laser inside a bulk solid

Current Projects and Collaborations:

• "Ultra-high density permanent and/or erasable optical memory in photorefractive media, in collaboration with Prof. W. Krolikowski and Dr. A. Rode (LPC) and Prof. S. Joudkazis and H. Misawa (University of Sapporo, Japan)
• Generation of TPa pressure inside the bulk of transparent solids and formation of super-dense materials, in collaboration with Prof. B. Luther-Davies , Dr. A. Rode (LPC) and Prof. S. Joudkazis and H. Misawa (University of Sapporo, Japan)
• Generation of coherent phonons by ultra-fast pulses, in collaboration with Prof. B. Luther-Davies , Dr. A. Rode (LPC) and Drs. D. Boschetto and A. Rousse (LOA, Ecole Plitechnique, Palaiseau, France)

Research area link: Laser-Matter Interaction and Laser Deposition ;

Selected Publications:

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D. Boschetto, E. G. Gamaly, A. V. Rode, B. Luther-Davies, D. Glijer, T. Garl, O. Albert, A. Rousse, J. Etchepare, Small atomic displacements recorded in Bismuth by the optical reflectivity of femtosecond laser-pulse excitation, Physical Review Letters, 100, 027404 (2008). (PDF)

Juodkazis, S., K. Nishimura, S. Tanaka, H. Misawa, E. G. Gamaly, B. Luther-Davies , L. Hallo, P. Nicolai and V. T. Tikhonchuk (2006). Laser-induced microexplosion confined in the bulk of a sapphire crystal: Evidence of multimegabar pressures. Physical Review Letters 96(16) 166101. (PDF)

Gamaly, E. G., S. Juodkazis, K. Nishimura, H. Misawa and B. Luther-Davies (2006). Laser-matter interaction in the bulk of a transparent solid: Confined microexplosion and void formation. Physical Review B 73(21) 214101. (PDF)

Juodkazis, S., H. Misawa, T. Hashimoto, E. G. Gamaly and B. Luther-Davies (2006). Laser-induced microexplosion confined in a bulk of silica: Formation of nanovoids. Applied Physics Letters 88(20) 201909. (PDF)

Uteza, O. P. Gamaly, E. G. Rode, A. V. Samoc, M. Luther-Davies, B. (2004). Gallium transformation under femtosecond laser excitation: Phase coexistenceand incomplete melting. Physical Review B 70(5): 54108. (PDF)

Gamaly, E. G. and A. V. Rode, Eds. (2004). Nanostructures created by lasers. Encyclopaedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Am. Sci. Publishers, Stevenson Range.

Rode, A. V. Gamaly, E. G. Christy, A. G. Gerald, J. G. F. Hyde, S. T. Elliman, R. G. Luther-Davies, B. Veinger, A. I. Androulakis, J. Giapintzakis, J. (2004). Unconventional magnetism in all-carbon nanofoam Physical Review B 70(5): 054407. (PDF)

Gamaly, E. G. Rode, A. V. Uteza, O. Kolev, V. Luther-Davies, B. Bauer, T. Koch, J. Korte, F. Chichkov, B. N. (2004). Control over a phase state of the laser plume ablated by femtosecond laser: Spatial pulse shaping Journal Of Applied Physics 95(5): 2250-2257 (PDF)

Gamaly, E. G. Rode, A. V. Luther-Davies, B. Tikhonchuk, V. T. (2002). Ablation of solids by femtosecond lasers: Ablation mechanism and ablation thresholds for metals and dielectrics Physics Of Plasmas 9(3): 949-957. (PDF)

D. Gamaly, Luther-Davies, B. E. G. Rode, A. (2006). , Laser-matter interaction confined inside a bulk of a transparent solid Chapter II in the book Three-dimensional laser micro-fabrication: fundamentals and applications H. Misawa and S. Juodkazis, eds., Wiley