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OPTICS Optics ENABLE EXTREME PERFORMANCE PHOTONICS ——— Our CVD diamond has an extremely broad transmission spectrum, exceptional thermal conductivity, vastly increased component lifetime and can be engineered to virtually any configuration, which is why industry leading photonics engineers choose Element Six

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C V D DIAMOND FOR PRODUC TI V I T Y AND IMPROV ED INNOVATION DUR A BL E , CHEMIC A L LY R E S I S TA N T A ND V IR T UA L LY W E A R- F R EE Diamond, the hardest material known to science, offers the ultimate in scratch resistance. This means diamond optical components are mechanically robust and offer the longest lifetime under harsh conditions. The properties of optical CVD diamond, which include durability, chemical resistance and freedom from wear, deliver three transforming benefits: SIZES AND SHAPES TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS – ngineers can create applications which have simply E not been...

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E XCI T ING T ECHNICAL APPLICATIONS DRI V ING BUSINES S ADVAN TAGE OP T IC A L W IND O W S IN HIGH P O W ER L A S ER S M I C R O WAV E G R O W N C V D D I A M O N D R E D U C E S O P E R AT I N G COSTS AND INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY – lement Six CVD diamond windows allow much E higher laser power densities than rival materials. That delivers faster cutting and welding resulting in shorter end-production timescales. This makes a major contribution to your competitive advantage. – igh-quality CVD diamond can do this because of its H unrivaled thermal conductivity. This prevents thermal lensing...

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PART NERSHIP IN APPLICATIONS DE V ELOPMEN T Our specialized team of application engineers and processing technologists can help you to design the right component for your application. This includes the windows, prisms and lenses, their processing and mounting, as well as partial or anti-reflective coatings. Windows, prisms and lenses can be engineered to any required size up to Ø 135 mm in diameter (Diafilm optical grades) and 8 x 8 x 2 mm (single crystal CVD diamond). Mounts can be of simple flange design or made to customer specifications which facilitate special features such as water or...

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C V D DIAMOND OU TP ERFORMS SAPPHIRE AND ZINC SELENIDE PROPERTY ZINC SELENIDE Sand erosion (mg/kg) at 100 m/s C300/600 sand Thermal expansion coefficient (ppm/K ) Integrated for ward scat ter 8 –12 µm ( %) Specific heat capacit y (J/kgK ) 300 K REFERENCES 1) Daniel C. Harris (1999), “Materials for Infrared Windows and Domes”, SPIE, Optical Engineering Press, ISBN 0819434825. 2) .J. Coad and J.E. Field, “The liquid Impact Resistance of CVD Diamond E and other Infrared Materials”, Proc. SPIE, 3060, 169-180 (1997). 3) “Handbook of Infrared Optical Materials”, ed. P. Klocek (Optical...

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E L EME N T S I X T E CHNOL OGIE S Element Six Technologies is a division of Element Six, the world’s market leader in the manufacture and development of synthetic diamond, established in the 1940s. Today Element Six is a $500 million company operating production facilities in 7 countries and serving over 5,000 customers worldwide. Element Six Technologies operates two production and technical facilities around the globe; Santa Clara in California, and Ascot in the United Kingdom. The new Santa Clara facility offers US based customers a stateof-the-art facility for producing CVD diamond...

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