Articles
  • Edge-Defined Film-Fed-Growth of YVO4 Single Crystals: Approaches to Produce Few Crystals Simultaneously 
  • V.V. Kochurikhin*, A.E. Borisova, M.A. Ivanov, V.E. Shukshin, S.N. Ushakov, S.J. Suha and D.H. Yoona
  • General Physics Institute, Vavilova St. 38, 119991, Moscow, Russia a Department of Advanced Material Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
Abstract
The applicability of the EFG technique of yttrium orthovanadate was confirmed by successful growth of a few single crystals simultaneously. Yb-doped single crystals with a content of Yb3+ ions of 10 atomic % in the starting melt were grown by the EFG technique with a length up to 50 mm as 4 items simultaneously. Good homogeneity was observed for Yb-doped crystals. The segregation coefficient of Yb3+ ions was very close to unity. Absorption and hotoluminescence (PL) spectra of grown crystals were measured.

Keywords: Edge defined film-fed growth, Vanadates, Rare-earth

This Article

  • 2003; 4(3): 109-111

    Published on Sep 30, 2003