Shaped Crystals (eBook)

Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique

Tsuguo Fukuda, Valery I. Chani (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XV, 341 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-71295-4 (ISBN)

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This volume offers an overview of the growth of shaped crystals (oxides, fluorides, etc.) by the micro-pulling-down technique. Both melt and solution (flux) growth are considered. The advantages and disadvantages of the method are discussed in detail and compared with related crystal-growth processes. The authors attempt to give a practical introduction to this technique, thereby also explaining how its application can help to solve problems commonly encountered in other melt-growth methods.

Tsuguo Fukuda: PhD from the University of Tokyo (Japan); professional experience in materials science and crystal growth from melt and flux: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. (Toshiba Corporation), Professor of Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University (Japan), Research Professor of Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, President of Fukuda X'tal Laboratory, over 600 papers and patents.

Valery I. Chani: PhD from General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow (Russia); professional experience in materials science and crystal growth from melt and flux: General Physics Institute, Tohoku University (Japan), McMaster University (Canada), Claude Bernard Lyon-1 University (France), over 100 papers and patents.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Contents 9
List of Contributors 12
Introduction to Micro- Pulling- Down Method 15
1 Micro-Pulling-Down (µ-PD) and Related Growth Methods 16
2 Basics of the µ-PD Method 40
3 Equipment Configuration 59
4 Growth Phenomena and Crystal Chemistry 80
Modification and Evolution of µ-PD Method 101
5 Flux Growth of Miniature Bulk Crystals by the µ-PD Method 102
6 Mixed Crystals: µ-PD vs. Czochralski Method 110
7 Isothermal Flux Evaporation Diameter Control 123
8 Eutectic Fibers with Self-Organized Structures 136
Growth and Characterization of Oxide µ-PD Crystals I: Scintillation and Laser Materials 147
9 Scintillating Bulk Oxide Crystals 148
10 Scintillating Crystals: Ce3+: YAlO3 and Yb3+: Lu3Al5O12 163
11 YAG:Nd3+: µ-PD and Czochralski Growth and Properties 176
12 High-Melting Rare-Earth Sesquioxides: Y2O3, Lu2O3, and Sc2O3 190
13 MgAl2O4 Spinel Laser Crystals: Pure and Ti-, Mn-, or Ni- Doped 206
Growth and Characterization of Oxide µ-PD Crystals II: Assorted Materials 219
14 K3Li2Nb5O15 Fiber and Plate Crystals 220
15 Piezoelectric Langasite-Type Crystals 230
16 Shaped Sapphire: Rods, Tubes, and Plates 239
17 Doped LiNbO3 Crystals 250
18 Growth of Olivine and Wüstite Crystals 264
Growth and Characterization of Non-Oxide µ-PD Crystals 274
19 Silicon Fiber Crystals 275
20 LiF, LiYF4, and Nd- and Er- Doped LiYF4 Fluoride Fibers 285
21 Binary Fluorides: (Gd,Y)F3 and K(Y,Lu)3F10 298
22 Shaped Fluorides 319
23 Metal Alloy Fibers 327
Afterword 330
Index 332

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Advances in Materials Research
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 341 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: Basics • Chemistry • Electronics • fiber • Laser • Melt growth • Optics • Physics • Science • Shaped crystal
• ISBN-10: 3-540-71295-X / 354071295X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-71295-4 / 9783540712954