Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 38, Issue 8, 978(2023)

Flat Shoulder Congruent Lithium Niobate Crystals Grown by the Czochralski Method

Juan QIN1... Dandan LIANG2, Jun SUN1,3,*, Jinfeng YANG4, Yongxin HAO1, Qinglian LI5, Ling ZHANG3,5, and Jingjun XU13 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 11. School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 22. Department of General Education, Army Engineering University of People’ Liberation Army, Nanjing 211101, China
  • 33. The MOE Key Laboratory of Weak Light Nonlinear Photonics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 44. Henan Key Laboratory of Electronic Ceramic Materials and Application, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou 451191, China
  • 55. TEDA Applied Physics College, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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    Schematic diagram of crystal growth system
    Photos of series flat shoulder CLN crystals grown by different methods(a) Non-optimized thermal field and growth process, as CLN-N1; (b) Optimized thermal field, as CLN-N2; (c-g) optimized thermal field and growth process, as CLN-Y1, CLN-Y2, CLN-Y3, Fe:CLN-Y4 and Er:CLN-Y5, respectively
    Interface shape (a) and temperature gradient (b) of inclined shoulder and flat shoulderColorful figures are available on website
    Flat shoulder morphologies of CLN crystals(a) Before optimized the thermal field; (b) After optimized the thermal field
    Crystal weight change of shouldering
    Photos of CLN crystal flat shoulder(a) Before optimized the speed of shouldering; (b-f) After optimized the speed of shouldering
    Change of pulling rate (a) and diameter (b) during lifting
    Conoscopic interference pattern of crystal(a) Part of shoulder; (b) Part of cylindrical crystal
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      Growth parameters of flat shoulder CLN

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      Table 1.

      Growth parameters of flat shoulder CLN

      CrystalCLN-N1CLN-N2CLN-Y1CLN-Y2CLN-Y3Fe:CLN-Y4Er:CLN-Y5
      Distance between after-heater and crucible/mm20201010101010
      Time of shouldering/min-200720540320310370
      Rotation rate/(r·min-1)6677777
      Range of reducing pulling rate/(mm·h-1)1.5-01.5-01.5-01.5-01.5-01.5-01.5-0
      Decrement of pulling rate each step/(mm·h-1)0.50.30.30.20.20.20.2
      Interval of reducing pulling rate/min20201510101010
      Range of lifting pulling rate/(mm·h-1)0-1.50-1.50-1.50-1.50-1.50-1.50-1.5
      Increment of pulling rate each step/(mm·h-1)0.20.20.20.20.20.20.2
      Interval of lifting pulling rate/min20201315131510
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    Juan QIN, Dandan LIANG, Jun SUN, Jinfeng YANG, Yongxin HAO, Qinglian LI, Ling ZHANG, Jingjun XU. Flat Shoulder Congruent Lithium Niobate Crystals Grown by the Czochralski Method[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2023, 38(8): 978

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    Received: Feb. 9, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 28, 2023

    The Author Email: SUN Jun (sunjun@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20230067

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