Rode, Andrei VLuther-Davies, BarryGamaly, Eugene G2015-12-130021-8979http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93626Amorphous carbon films were grown using ultrafast pulsed laser deposition from Q-switched and mode-locked Nd:YAG lasers. High repetition rate laser ablation resulted into very high film deposition rates on the graphite targets. The ultrafast laser ablation gave amorphous films of high surface quality and of excellent thickness uniformity.Publishers version/PDF may be used on author's personal website, arXiv, institutional website, institutional repository, funders designated repository or private forums on social academic network after 12 months embargo http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0021-8979/ (Sherpa/Romeo as of 13/12/2016)Keywords: Deposition; Evaporation; Graphite; Laser ablation; Laser mode locking; Light absorption; Neodymium lasers; Pulsed laser applications; Q switched lasers; Surface roughness; Temperature measurement; Ultrafast phenomena; Pulsed laser deposition (PLD); Amorph19992015-12-12