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Haha, a bit harsh Cyparagon?
Ken's guess holds SOME water. The diamond will have some issues and won't be able to help absorbing SOME energy - its the same general idea that causes teh infamous COD failure in a laser diode. However, as Krutz said, diamond is an amazing conductor and to get enough energy out of a green laser to actually harm the diamond you'd probably need some insane megawatt pulses - not milliwatts.
I don't know for sure, but my guess is diamond cutters utilize CO2 lasers which emit 10,600nm light. At that wavelength, many apparently translucent things like glass becomes opaque and absorbs much of the energy. Not to mention CO2 lasers are often found CW in the hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of watts and are very energy efficient.
Ken's guess holds SOME water. The diamond will have some issues and won't be able to help absorbing SOME energy - its the same general idea that causes teh infamous COD failure in a laser diode. However, as Krutz said, diamond is an amazing conductor and to get enough energy out of a green laser to actually harm the diamond you'd probably need some insane megawatt pulses - not milliwatts.
I don't know for sure, but my guess is diamond cutters utilize CO2 lasers which emit 10,600nm light. At that wavelength, many apparently translucent things like glass becomes opaque and absorbs much of the energy. Not to mention CO2 lasers are often found CW in the hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of watts and are very energy efficient.