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Hi Demis, </div>
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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. </div>
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-Michael </div>
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<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Dicing Diamond?</font>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:small">Does anyone have a recipe for dicing 500ìm thick Diamond substrates? </div>
<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:small">Is such a thing even possible (I assume Diamond Grit vs. Diamond Substrate is a losing proposition?)</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:small">Let me know how you've handled this situation if it's come up - eg. Laser dicing (stealth/cutting) @ Disco service perhaps?</div>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:small">Thanks!</div>
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<div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">-- Demis</font></div>
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