Growth of rare-earth monopnictide DySb single crystal by novel self-flux method

Single crystal growth of LaCuOS by the flux method

Preparation of single crystals of LaCuOS, that is a transparent p-type semiconductor exhibiting violet-light emission, was demonstrated by flux method using NaCl+KCl(1:1) as flux. The crystals were grown in an alumina tube inserted in an evacuated silica glass tube using the starting materials of La2O2S and Cu2S, as well as the flux and a small amount of K2S that reduces the coloration of cryst...

Mechanism of Rare Earth Incorporation and Crystal Growth of Rare Earth Containing Type-I Clathrates

Type-I clathrates possess extremely low thermal conductivities, a property that makes them promising materials for thermoelectric applications. The incorporation of cerium into one such clathrate has recently been shown to lead to a drastic enhancement of the thermopower, another property determining the thermoelectric efficiency. Here we explore the mechanism of the incorporation of rare earth...

Single-crystal rare-earth doped YAG fiber lasers grown by the laser-heated pedestal growth technique High concentrations of the rare-earth elements erbium, holmium and thulium

Single-crystal rare-earth doped YAG fiber lasers grown by the laser-heated pedestal growth technique Report Title High concentrations of the rare-earth elements erbium, holmium and thulium have been successfully doped into single crystal (SC) yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG, Y3Al5O12) fibers by use of the laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG) method. The spontaneous emission spectra and fluorescence...

Detection of Polymer Brushes developed via Single Crystal Growth

Single crystals consisting various surface morphologies and epitaxial structures were applied to investigate the effect of other phase regions in the vicinity of a given tethered chains-covered area having a certain molecular weight of amorphous brushes. The designed experiments demonstrated that regardless of the type of surface morphology (patterned and especial mixed-brushes, homo and co...

Crystal field in nitrogenated rare-earth intermetallics