Personal profile
Qualifications
PhD
Research Interests
Group leader: High-Power Laser group
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Laser innovation
- Advanced laser processing
- Next-generation laser cleaning
- Super-strong fields
- Laser-induced microexplosion
- Formation of super-dense material phases
- Laser-matter in extreme conditions
- Optical guides and funnels
- Laser trapping and manipulation
- Complex laser beam formation
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Femtosecond laser ablation for the conservation of Galician granites
Brand, J., Lopez, A. J., Moreno-Madariaga, A., Ramil, A., Wain, A., Rode, A. V., Madden, S. & Rapp, L., Jul 2025, In: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 84, 7, 14 p., 383.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Femtosecond laser processing for blast-hole analysis: Laser removal of slurry and effect on rocks
Brand, J., Maximova, K., Madden, S., Rode, A. V., Mihankhah, E., Zigman, J., Hill, A. J. & Rapp, L., Nov 2025, In: Optics and Laser Technology. 189, 13 p., 113166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Finite Element Modeling of Residual Stress Formation during Nanosecond Laser Ablation of Stainless Steel
Tsumura, Y., Paradowska, A., Rode, A. V., Madden, S., Rapp, L., Mohan, M., Wain, A. & Proust, G., 16 Jul 2025, In: Advanced Engineering Materials. 27, 16, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geometrical diffraction and the features in the knife-edge diffraction pattern
Meng, X. & Rapp, L., 1 Aug 2025, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision. 42, 8, p. 1120-1132 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Studying novel high-pressure phases in laser-shock-affected silicon using poly: an algorithm for spot-wise phase identification
Doostkam, R., Gelisio, L., Yurtsever, A., Rapp, L., Rode, A. V. & Beyerlein, K. R., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Applied Crystallography. 58, Pt 1, p. 128-137 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
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Mid-infrared spatial filtering to enable the search for extrasolar life
Ireland, M. (PI), Defrare, D. (CoI), Madden, S. (CoI) & Rapp, L. (CoI)
7/04/25 → 6/04/28
Project: Research
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A miniaturised laser manipulator for ultra-precise and pain-free dentistry
Rapp, L. (PI), Viet Dao, D. (PI), Dau, V. (CoI), Madden, S. (CoI), Rode, A. (CoI), Spallek, H. (CoI), Walsh, L. (CoI) & Woodfield, P. (CoI)
29/05/24 → 29/05/27
Project: Research
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Investigation of the femtosecond laser ablation of various dental materials with near InfraRed (1029 nm) laser wavelength.
Rapp, L. (PI) & Madden, S. (CoI)
12/12/22 → 11/12/27
Project: Research
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Femtosecond laser processing for mining planning: investigation of laser ablation of the slurry and of the laser effect on rocks
Rapp, L. (PI), Madden, S. (CoI), Maximova, K. (CoI) & Rode, A. (CoI)
19/09/23 → 18/01/24
Project: Research
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Restructuring matter with laser pulses at ultra-relativistic intensity: search for new silicon phases
Rapp, L. (PI)
1/08/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research