Advances of interface, flow, and stress control for VB crystal growth: An overview

Y Shi, P Wang, H Mu, H Kou, A Wu, L Su - Progress in Crystal Growth and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vertical Bridgman (VB) method plays a vital role in growing crystals of Group II-
VI semiconductors, oxides, and fluorides. However, achieving large-scale crystals with high …

Study on growth techniques and macro defects of large-size Nd: YAG laser crystal

J Quan, X Yang, M Yang, D Ma, J Huang, Y Zhu… - Journal of Crystal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Large-size neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) single crystals were
grown by the Czochralski method. The extinction ratio and wavefront distortion of the crystal …

Improved Nd distribution in Czochralski grown YAG crystals by implementation of the accelerated crucible rotation technique

M Saleh, S Kakkireni, J McCloy, KG Lynn - Optical Materials Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Nd: YAG is a well-known laser material typically grown from the melt using the Czochralski
(CZ) method, and like many other doped materials grown from the melt, it suffers from …

Formation of gaseous cavity defect during growth of Nd: YAG single crystals

M Yadegari, M Asadian, H Saeedi, Y Khodaei… - Journal of crystal …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this research, formation of gaseous cavity defect in 1at% Nd: YAG single crystal grown by
the Czochralski technique has been studied. Growth atmosphere pressure and crystal …

Co-precipitation synthesis of Nd: YAG nanopowders II: The effect of Nd dopant addition on luminescence properties

ML Saladino, E Caponetti - Optical Materials, 2009 - Elsevier
Nanopowders of Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (Y3Al5O12, YAG) doped with neodymium (Nd:
YAG, 0.2–24.0 at.%) were prepared using the co-precipitation method followed by an …

Study on Growth Interface of Large Nd: YAG Crystals

J Quan, G Ke, Y Zhang, J Liu, J Huang - Crystals, 2023 - mdpi.com
A study was performed on the growth interface of a large-diameter 1 at% neodymium-doped
yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) single crystal grown using the Czochralski method. Red …

Nanopowders and crystals in (Y1− xNdx) 3Al5O12 system: Preparation and properties

L Lipinska, L Lojko, A Klos, S Ganschow… - Journal of alloys and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Total substitution of yttrium by neodymium assuming garnet phase of the YAG: Nd was
investigated. Components were synthesized by sol–gel method and the limit solubility of Nd …

Analysis of chemical stress and the propensity for cracking during the vertical Bridgman growth of BaBrCl: Eu

C Zhang, B Gao, AS Tremsin, D Perrodin… - Journal of Crystal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Computational models are employed to analyze residual chemical stresses arising from
compositional variations in europium-doped BaBrCl crystals grown by the vertical Bridgman …

Determinations of equilibrium segregation, effective segregation and diffusion coefficients for Nd+ 3 doped in molten YAG

M Asadian, H Saeedi, M Yadegari, M Shojaee - Journal of crystal growth, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new mathematical model has been presented to determine the equilibrium
segregation (k 0) and effective segregation (k eff) coefficients for neodymium (Nd) in YAG …

Nd: YAG 激光晶体开裂与缺陷研究

权纪亮, 谢致薇, 杨元政, 刘了, 武南平 - 量子电子学报, 2010 - lk.hfcas.ac.cn
采用提拉法沿< 111> 方向生长Nd: YAG 激光晶体时, 经常会发生开裂现象. 利用光学显微镜,
扫描电镜(SEM) 和X 射线衍射仪, 等手段, 对开裂Nd: YAG 晶体的缺陷特征进行研究. 开裂Nd …