Czochralski-Based Growth and Characteristics of Selected Novel Single Crystals for Optical Applications

• Authors: K. Shimamura , E. Víllora
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the Year of Professor Jan Czochralski, we with pleasure review the representative recent works of our group, Optical Single Crystals Group, NIMS, Japan. Our group has been working on the development of novel single crystals for optical applications based on the Czochralski technique. Here, 4 kinds of topics are reviewed. 1st one is ferroelectric fluoride BaMgF_{4} single crystals for UV nonlinear optical applications including quasi-phase matching device fabrications. 2nd one is transparent conductive β-Ga_{2}O_{3} single crystals as semiconductor, which has large band-gap, 4.8 eV, for LED applications. 3rd one is F-doped core-free Y_{3}Al_{5}O_{12} single crystals as a potential new lens material for UV/VUV wavelength region. Last one is superior magneto-optical {Tb_3}[Sc_{2-x}Lu_{x}](Al_{3})O_{12} single crystals for near infrared to visible region, and CeF_3/PrF_3 single crystals for UV region.

Keywords

EN

81.10.St; 77.84.-s; 85.60.Jb; 42.79.Bh; 78.20.Ls; 85.70.Sq

Discipline

• 77.84.-s: Dielectric, piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and antiferroelectric materials(for nonlinear optical materials, see 42.70.Mp; for dielectric materials in electrochemistry, see 82.45.Un)
• 85.70.Sq: Magnetooptical devices
• 78.20.Ls: Magneto-optical effects(for magneto-optical devices, see 85.70.Sq)
• 42.79.Bh: Lenses, prisms and mirrors
• 85.60.Jb: Light-emitting devices
• 81.10.St: Growth in controlled gaseous atmospheres

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 124
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 265-273

Dates

published

2013-08

Contributors

author

K. Shimamura

• National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
• Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, 169-8555, Japan

author

E. Víllora

• National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.124.265