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Optimization of the Growth Technology for Crystals with Garnet Structure Based on X-Ray Diffraction Data

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High efficiency of the methods of double-crystal X-ray diffractometry (DCXRD) and topography for improving the growth technology of highly homogeneous crystals has been demonstrated on the example of gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) single crystals. The main types of structural defects observed in Czochralski-grown GGG crystals are found to be macroscopic inhomogeneity of composition distribution, caused by the facet effect manifestation; microinhomogeneous distribution of impurity and main components of the composition in striations; dislocations; and second-phase inclusions. The relationship between the type and density of newly formed defects and the technological conditions for crystal growth are considered. Optimization of the composition of crystals and their growth technology made it possible to obtain high-quality dislocation-free crystals of GGG and complex-substituted garnets on its basis for magneto-optical and microwave devices, elements of solid-state lasers, and other applications.

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  1. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics,”, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    I. A. Prokhorov, B. G. Zakharov & V. I. Strelov

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Original Russian Text © I.A. Prokhorov, B.G. Zakharov, V.I. Strelov, 2018, published in Kristallografiya, 2018, Vol. 63, No. 5, pp. 713–718.

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Prokhorov, I.A., Zakharov, B.G. & Strelov, V.I. Optimization of the Growth Technology for Crystals with Garnet Structure Based on X-Ray Diffraction Data. Crystallogr. Rep. 63, 729–733 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774518050255

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