METHOD APPARATUS AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR A BRANDING DIAMOND BRANDING WITH A FOCUSED ION BEAM

摘要

A method and apparatus for branding a diamond (100) with a focused ion beam by directing a focused ion beam at the diamond (100) to be branded (300) and controlling the beam such that the beam impacts the surface of the diamond at a number of specified locations for a specified amount of time at each location to graphitize a portion of the diamond in the shape of a desired design (202).