Shaped Crystals: Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique

Book Overview

to Micro-Pulling-Down Method.- Micro-Pulling-Down (?-PD) and Related Growth Methods.- Basics of the ?-PD Method.- Equipment Configuration.- Growth Phenomena and Crystal Chemistry.- Modification and Evolution of ?-PD Method.- Flux Growth of Miniature Bulk Crystals by the ?-PD Method.- Mixed Crystals: ?-PD vs. Czochralski Method.- Isothermal Flux Evaporation Diameter Control.- Eutectic Fibers with Self-Organized Structures.- Growth and Characterization of Oxide ?-PD Crystals I: Scintillation and Laser Materials.- Scintillating Bulk Oxide Crystals.- Scintillating Crystals: Ce3+: YAlO3 and Yb3+: Lu3Al5O12.- YAG: Nd3+: ?-PD and Czochralski Growth and Properties.- High-Melting Rare-Earth Sesquioxides: Y2O3, Lu2O3, and Sc2O3.- MgAl2O4 Spinel Laser Crystals: Pure and Ti-, Mn-, or Ni-Doped.- Growth and Characterization of Oxide -PD Crystals II: Assorted Materials.- K3Li2Nb5O15 Fiber and Plate Crystals.- Piezoelectric Langasite-Type Crystals.- Shaped Sapphire: Rods, Tubes, and Plates.- Doped LiNbO3 Crystals.- Growth of Olivine and W stite Crystals.- Growth and Characterization of Non-Oxide ?-PD Crystals.- Silicon Fiber Crystals.- LiF, LiYF4, and Nd- and Er-Doped LiYF4 Fluoride Fibers.- Binary Fluorides: (Gd, Y)F3 and K(Y, Lu)3F10.- Shaped Fluorides.- Metal Alloy Fibers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642090397
• ISBN13: 9783642090394
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"