TY - JOUR
T1 - Bulk Single-Crystal Growth of Ce/Gd3(Al,Ga)5O12 from Melt without a Precious Metal Crucible by Pulling from a Cold Container
AU - Akira, Yoshikawa
AU - Vladimir, Kochurikhin
AU - Masao, Yoshino
AU - Rikito, Murakami
AU - Taketoshi, Tomida
AU - Isao, Takahashi
AU - Takahiko, Horiai
AU - Kei, Kamada
AU - Yasuhiro, Shoji
AU - Hiroki, Sato
AU - Romana, Kucerkova
AU - Alena, Beitlerova
AU - Martin, Nikl
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by the JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) 20286114 and (A) 22H00204. Partial support of the Czech-Japan mobility project (ASCR-JSPS), Czech Science, Czech Science Foundation project no. 21-17731S, and the Operational Programme Research, Development and Education financed by European Structural and Investment Funds and the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Project no. SOLID21 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000760) is also gratefully acknowledged.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We report the growth of cerium-doped multicomponent garnet (Ce/GAGG) single crystals based on crystal pulling from a melt using a cold container without employing a precious metal crucible. This novel method is described in detail. We measured the optical, luminescence, and scintillation characteristics of several samples cut from three crystals and compared them with a commercial Ce/GAGG crystal. The best samples from the set are fully comparable in all characteristics with the commercial reference crystal, demonstrating the practical potential of this method. Avoidance of an expensive precious metal crucible in this method makes crystal growth much more economical.
AB - We report the growth of cerium-doped multicomponent garnet (Ce/GAGG) single crystals based on crystal pulling from a melt using a cold container without employing a precious metal crucible. This novel method is described in detail. We measured the optical, luminescence, and scintillation characteristics of several samples cut from three crystals and compared them with a commercial Ce/GAGG crystal. The best samples from the set are fully comparable in all characteristics with the commercial reference crystal, demonstrating the practical potential of this method. Avoidance of an expensive precious metal crucible in this method makes crystal growth much more economical.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00951
DO - 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00951
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85148296622
SN - 1528-7483
JO - Crystal Growth and Design
JF - Crystal Growth and Design
ER -