GB2510269B - Substrates for synthetic diamond manufacture and methods of manufacturing synthetic diamond material using such substrates - Google Patents

Substrates for synthetic diamond manufacture and methods of manufacturing synthetic diamond material using such substrates

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GB2510269B
GB2510269B GB1403780.8A GB201403780A GB2510269B GB 2510269 B GB2510269 B GB 2510269B GB 201403780 A GB201403780 A GB 201403780A GB 2510269 B GB2510269 B GB 2510269B
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Carlton Nigel Dodge
Paul Nicolas Inglis
Geoffrey Alan Scarsbrook
Timothy Peter Mollart
Charles Simon James Pickles
Steven Edward Coe
Joseph Michael Dodson
Alexander Lamb Cullen
John Robert Brandon
Christopher John Howard Wort
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Element Six Ltd
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    • C30B—SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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    • C30B25/02—Epitaxial-layer growth
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    • C30B29/00—Single crystals or homogeneous polycrystalline material with defined structure characterised by the material or by their shape
    • C30B29/02—Elements
    • C30B29/04—Diamond
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/32—Gas-filled discharge tubes
    • H01J37/32009—Arrangements for generation of plasma specially adapted for examination or treatment of objects, e.g. plasma sources
    • H01J37/32192—Microwave generated discharge
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    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
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