Net-shape diamond growth: applications in optics and electronics

A direct growth of CVD diamond components in order to avoid (or minimize) further surface treatment is considered. This transfer molding technique is based on diamond growth on a patterned substrate, the replica of those patterns being formed on the nucleation side of the diamond film. If the diamond nucleation density is high enough to provide the conformal coating of the microstructured substrate surface the exact replica of the original structure after removal of the substrate can be produced.