Synthesis of High Purity Diamond Single Crystal.

Single Crystal Diamond Schottky Photodiode

Thanks to its extreme optical and electronic properties, diamond appears to be a promising semiconducting material for photon detection. Its wide band-gap, 5.5 eV, results in a very low leakage current and its electronic properties as high carrier mobility allow fast time response (J. E. Field, 1979). Besides, it has a large breakdown electric field (∼10 V/┤m), a low dielectric constant (i.e. l...

High quality-factor optical nanocavities in bulk single-crystal diamond.

Single-crystal diamond, with its unique optical, mechanical and thermal properties, has emerged as a promising material with applications in classical and quantum optics. However, the lack of heteroepitaxial growth and scalable fabrication techniques remains the major limiting factors preventing more wide-spread development and application of diamond photonics. In this work, we overcome this di...

robust control of a high-purity disttilation column using synthesis

Nanofluidics of Single-Crystal Diamond Nanomechanical Resonators.

Single-crystal diamond nanomechanical resonators are being developed for countless applications. A number of these applications require that the resonator be operated in a fluid, that is, a gas or a liquid. Here, we investigate the fluid dynamics of single-crystal diamond nanomechanical resonators in the form of nanocantilevers. First, we measure the pressure-dependent dissipation of diamond na...

Development of Single-Crystal CVD-Diamond Detectors

Single-Crystal CVD-Diamond Detectors (SC-DD) of ~ 300μm thickness have been tested in Cave A with proton beams of Ep > 1AGeV as start detectors for minimum ionizing particles. Fast charge-sensitive amplifiers developed at GSI and Bucharest were used. At particle rates up to 1MHz, stable operation and detection efficiency of ~100% are observed. The measured time resolution of σ ≥ 330ps is not sa...