New perspectives for the Silicon-On-Diamond material

A recent laser bonding technique has been developed to prepare silicon-on-diamond material.This method allows the independent choice of the quality of the silicon and diamond plates to beprocessed. This opens a wide field of applications for silicon-on-diamond devices. We presentand discuss the laser technique and the experimental results achieved. Two new projects involvingrelevant issues both in high energy physics and in biological applications are also presented.