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Dynamic compression of synthetic diamond windows
Diamond is an attractive dynamic compression window for many reasons: high elastic limit, large mechanical impedance, and broad transparency range. Natural diamonds, however, are too expensive to be used in destructive experiments. Chemical vapor deposition techniques are now able to produce large single-crystal windows, opening up many potential dynamic compression applications. This project studied the behavior of synthetic diamond under shock wave compression. The results suggest that synthetic diamond could be a useful window in this field, though complete characterization proved elusive.