Vailionis, ArturasGamaly, Eugene GMizeikis, VygantasYang, WengeRode, Andrei VJuodkazis, Saulius2015-12-07May 22-269781457712234http://hdl.handle.net/1885/27466We discovered a new super-dense bcc-Al phase formed in microexplosion induced by a femtosecond laser pulse focused in a bulk of sapphire. A mechanism for spatial separation of sapphire constituent aluminium and oxygen is proposed.Keywords: Femtosecond laser pulse; Micro explosion; Spatial separation; Electron optics; Optics; Quantum electronics; Sapphire; Ultrashort pulses; Ultrafast lasers201110.1109/CLEOE.2011.59433212016-02-24