Bridgman growth of langasite-type piezoelectric crystals by Anhua Wu

Crystal Research and Technology

Cryst. Res. Technol. 42, 862 (2007) - Abstract -

Bridgman growth of langasite-type piezoelectric crystals

Anhua Wu

Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, No. 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China

Keywords	Bridgman technique, oxides, piezoelectric materials
PACS	61.10.Nz, 81.10.Fq, 77.84.Bz
DOI	10.1002/crat.200710919

Three langasite family crystals were successfully grown by the modified Bridgman method. Among them, SGG crystals up to 2 inches were obtained with the multi-crucible industrial Bridgman furnace; SNGS crystal grown in any orientation direction other than along a-axis was realized. Commercially availability SGG boules and the advantage in SNGS crystal indicated that the modified Bridgman technique is a prospective method to realize the mass-production of langasite-type crystals.

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