Paper Title
Laser Ablation of Graphite

Abstract
Production of electrically conductive thin films from graphite, were obtained by pulsed laser deposition with incident fluences of 5 and 20 J/cm2. The graphite target was placed in the focus of the ZnSe lens with aperture of 20 mm, and vacuum and argon was compared as deposition atmospheres. Laser ablation was performed by varying the energy density, deposition atmosphere and number of pulses. Towards optimizing the parameters for the laser ablation we obtained conductive films and carbon nanostructures. The properties of the deposited films were evaluated by UV/Vis, FTIR spectroscopy and SEM microscopy. The aim was to optimize the laser parameters in order to obtain successful production of electrically conductive films, measured with four probe resistivity meter. Keywords— Laser ablative deposition of thin films, graphite, and electrically conductive deposited film