摘要 |
A method for making a free-standing synthetic diamond film of desired thickness, including the following steps: providing a substrate; selecting a target thickness of diamond to be produced, the target thickness being in the range 200 microns to 1000 microns; finishing a surface of the substrate to a roughness, RA, that is a function of the target thickness, the roughness being determined from <IMAGE> where t is the target thickness; depositing an interlayer on the substrate, the interlayer having a thickness in the range 1 to 20 microns; depositing synthetic diamond on the interlayer, by chemical vapor deposition, to about the target thickness; and cooling the synthetic diamond to effect the release thereof.
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