Crystal Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique

Copies of Selected Papers (PDF Files)


New Book on Crystal Growth, 2007
Y.M.Yu, V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, and T.Fukuda, Growth of Ca3(Li,Nb,Ga)5O12 Garnet Crystals from Stoichiometric Melts, J. Cryst. Growth, 171 (1997) 463-471
Y.M.Yu, V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, K.Inaba, and T.Fukuda, Growth of Vanadium Garnet Fiber Crystals and Variations of Lattice Parameters, J. Cryst. Growth, 177 (1997) 74-78.
V.I.Chani, K.Nagata, T.Kawaguchi, M.Imaeda, and T.Fukuda, Segregation and Uniformity of K3Li2(Ta,Nb)5O15 Fiber Crystals Grown by Micro-Pulling-Down Method, J.Cryst. Growth, 194 (1998) 374-378.
V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, and T.Fukuda, Flux Growth of KNbO3 by Pulling-Down Method, Cryst. Res. Technol. 34 (1999) 519-525
V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, Y.Kuwano, K.Hasegawa and T.Fukuda, Growth of Y3Al5O12:Nd Fiber Crystals by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique, J. Cryst. Growth, 204 (1999) 155-162.
T.Fukuda, K.Shimamura, V.V.Kochurikhin, V.I.Chani, B.M. Epelbaum, S.L. Baldochi, H.Takeda, A.Yoshikawa, Crystal growth of oxide and fluoride materials for optical, piezoelectric and other applications, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 10 (1999) 571-580
V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, H.Machida, T.Satoh, T.Fukuda, Growth of Tb3Ga5O12 Fiber and Bulk Crystals Using Micro-Pulling-Down Apparatus, J.Cryst.Growth, 210(4) (2000) 663-669.
V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, H.Machida, T.Fukuda, Melt Growth of (Tb,Lu)3Al5O12 Mixed Garnet Fiber Crystals, J.Cryst.Growth, 212 (3-4) (2000) 469-475
V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, H.Machida, T.Fukuda, (Tb,Yb)3Al5O12 Garnet: Crystal-Chemistry and Fiber Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique, Mater. Sci. and Egineering B 75(1) (2000), 53-60
V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, Y.Kuwano, K.Inaba, K.Omote, and T.Fukuda, Preparation and Characterization of Yb:Y3Al5O12 Fiber Crystals, Mater. Res. Bull. 35 (10) (2000) 1615-1624
T.Fukuda, V.I.Chani, K.Shimamura, Lithium Niobate, Lithium Borate, and Lithium Tantalate for NLO, Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Elsevier Science Ltd., 2001, pp.4603-4610
V.I.Chani, Effect of Cation Radii on Formation of Complex Oxide Crystals, J. Ceramic Processing Research, 4(2) (2003) 67-70.
T. Fukuda, V. I. Chani and K. Shimamura, Melt Growth of Oxide Crystals for SAW, Piezoelectric and Non-Linear Optical Applications, Crystal Growth Technology/ Ed. H.Sheel and T.Fukuda (eds.), 664 Seiten, Gebunden, John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (Book content only).
V.I.Chani, in: Fiber Crystal Growth from the Melt, Series: T.Fukuda, P. Rudolph, S. Uda, (Eds.), 2004, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, 129-184 (Book content only).
H.Sato, V.I.Chani, A.Yoshikawa, Y.Kagamitani, H.Machida, T.Fukuda, Micro-Pulling-Down Growth and Characterization of Tb3-xTmxAl5O12 Fiber Crystals for Faraday Rotator Applications, J.Cryst.Growth, 264 (2004) 253-259.
K.Lebbou, D.Perrodin, V.I.Chani, O.Aloui, A.Brenier, J.M.Fourmigue, O.Tillement, J.Didierjean, F.Balembois, and P.Gorges, J.Amer.Ceram.Soc. 89(2006)75.
V.I.Chani, K. Lebbou, B.Hautefeuille, O. Tillement, J.-M. Fourmigue, Evaporation Induced Diameter Control in Fiber Crystal Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique: Bi4Ge3O12, Cryst. Res. Technol., 41(10) (2006) 972-978.
Shaped Crystals: Growth by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique, Series: T.Fukuda, V.I. Chani (Eds.), 2007, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, (Book preface and content only).
M. Zhuravleva, V.I. Chani, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, The Micro-Pulling-Down Growth of Bi4Si3O12 (BSO) and Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) Fiber Crystals and Their Scintillation Efficiency, J.Cryst.Growth, 310 (2008) 2152-2156.
A. Yoshikawa, V.I. Chani, Growth of Optical Crystals by the Micro-Pulling-Down Method, MRS Bulletein, 34 (2009) 266-270.
N. Abe, T. Yanagida, Y. Yokota, S. Maeo, J. Pejchal, Y. Fujimoto, Y. Furuya, H. Tanaka, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, V. Chani, K. Kamada, M. Nikl, A. Yoshikawa, Crystal growth and scintillation properties of Tm:K2NaLuF6, Optical Materials, 32 (2010) 589-594.
A. Yoshikawa, T. Yanagida, Y. Yokota, A. Yamaji, Y. Fujimoto, J. Pejchal, V.I. Chani, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, K. Fukuda, T. Suyama, M. Nikl, Crystal growth and VUV luminescence properties of Er3+- and Tm3+-doped LiCaAlF6 for detectors, Optical Materials (2010), Article in Press.
T. Yanagida, N. Kawaguchi, S. Ishizu, Y. Yokota, K. Fukuda, T. Suyama, A. Yoshikawa, H. Sekiya, H. Kubo, T. Tanimori, V. Chani, Crystal growth and evaluations of Nd:LuLiF4 scintillators for different Nd concentration IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57 (2010) 1312-1315.
V.I. Chani, G. Boulon, W. Zhao, T. Yanagida, A. Yoshikawa, Correlation between segregation of rare earth dopants in melt crystal growth and ceramic processing for optical applications, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 49 (2010), 0756011-0756016.
T. Yanagida, K.J. Kim, K. Kamada, Y. Yokota, S. Maeo, A. Yoshikawa, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, N. Sarukura, V. Chani. Growth, optical properties, and scintillation light yield of CaF2:Ce crystals with different Ce concentration, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 49 (2010), 032601.
T. Yanagida, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Fujimoto, M. Sugiyama, Y. Furuya, K. Kamada, Y. Yokota, A. Yoshikawa, V. Chani, Growth and scintillation properties of BaMgF4, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 621 (2010) 473-477.
T. Yanagida, K. Kamada, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Fujimoto, K. Fukuda, Y. Yokota, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Basic study of single crystal fibers of Pr:Lu3Al5O12 scintillator for gamma-ray imaging applications, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.
T. Yanagida, Y. Fujimoto, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Yokota, K. Kamada, D. Totsuka, S.-I. Hatamoto, A. Yoshikawa, V. Chani, Scintillation properties of Ce-doped LuLiF4 and LuScBO3, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.
Y. Fujimoto, T. Yanagida, Y. Yokota, N. Kawaguchi, K. Fukuda, D. Totsuka, K. Watanabe, A. Yamazaki, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Scintillation and optical properties of Pb-doped YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.
N. Kawaguchi, T. Yanagida, Y. Fujimoto, Y. Yokota, K. Kamada, K. Fukuda, T. Suyama, K. Watanabe, A. Yamazaki, V. Chani, A. Yoshikawa, Thermal neutron imaging with rare-earth-ion-doped LiCaAlF6 scintillators and a sealed 252Cf source, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, (2010) Article in Press.

Basics of Micro-Pulling-Down Method

 


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Author: Valery CHANI
Last updated: August 25, 2011