DIAMOND DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGIES

Over the last 10 years a wide variety of techniques for growing diamond at low pressure and low temperature has emerged from laboratories all over the world. In this article, the state-of-the-art of the major techniques is summarized. The individual methods are briefly described, references to the original articles are given and major advantages and drawbacks are listed. The article also includes the comments, remarks and discussions elucidated by the participants of the European Community Workshop European Diamond Thin Film Technologies for the Nineties throughout the Deposition Technologies session.