TY - JOUR
T1 - Modified Czochralski growth and characterization of RETiNbO6 crystals
AU - Qi, X.
AU - Gallagher, H. G.
AU - Han, T. P.J.
AU - Henderson, B.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are indebted to the EPSRC and Ministry of Defence (DRA Malvern) for the award of a grant (GR/G/42051 and GR/K/04392) on which this research are based. X.Q. is grateful to the CVCP for their ORS award and the University of Strathclyde for their award of a John Anderson Research Scholarship and RDF Grant No. 792.
PY - 1997/9
Y1 - 1997/9
N2 - Bulk crystals of RETiNbO6 (RE = Nd, Pr) with size φ 15 × 20 mm have been grown by a modified Czochralski method. The RETiNbO6 compounds melt incongruently and the crystals can only be grown from melts containing a small amount of extra TiO2. The structures of bulk crystals were confirmed by X-ray powder diffraction to be the same as mini-crystals grown by the laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG) method. The bulk crystals were characterized by measurement of their optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra.
AB - Bulk crystals of RETiNbO6 (RE = Nd, Pr) with size φ 15 × 20 mm have been grown by a modified Czochralski method. The RETiNbO6 compounds melt incongruently and the crystals can only be grown from melts containing a small amount of extra TiO2. The structures of bulk crystals were confirmed by X-ray powder diffraction to be the same as mini-crystals grown by the laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG) method. The bulk crystals were characterized by measurement of their optical absorption and photoluminescence spectra.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-0248(97)00205-4
DO - 10.1016/S0022-0248(97)00205-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031235913
VL - 180
SP - 73
EP - 80
JO - Journal of Crystal Growth
JF - Journal of Crystal Growth
SN - 0022-0248
IS - 1
ER -