[labnetwork] Dicing Diamond?

[Demis D. John]

Thanks for the responses everyone - I'll let you know what our lab user
figures out for this.

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM Martin, Michael <
michael.martin at louisville.edu> wrote:

> Hi Demis,
>     We had a synthetic diamond company adjacent to our campus that made
> thick crystals. I believe they just used a solid-state laser to cut them
> up.  I don't think it was anything exotic in terms of wavelength.
> Somewhere in the IR, I think.
>
> -Michael
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> Does anyone have a recipe for dicing 500μm thick Diamond substrates?
> Is such a thing even possible (I assume Diamond Grit vs. Diamond Substrate
> is a losing proposition?)
>
> Let me know how you've handled this situation if it's come up - eg. Laser
> dicing (stealth/cutting) @ Disco service perhaps?
>
> Thanks!
> -- Demis
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