Surface Profile of a Diamond Window (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Surface Profile of a Diamond Window

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The scientists used a laser microscope to determine the height across the surface of the diamond window in order to calculate the level of strain. For this diamond window, the suspended nanocrystalline diamond film buckles downwards below the glass surface.

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