Progress in growth of large sized BGO crystals by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique

被引:108
作者
Borovlev, YA
Ivannikova, NV
Shlegel, VN
Vasiliev, YV
Gusev, VA
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Inorgan Chem, SB, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Automat & Electrometry, SB, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
关键词
crystal morphology; Czochralski method; bismuth compounds; scintillator materials;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-0248(01)01162-9
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
Recent results of the application of the low-thermal-gradient version of the Czochralski technique (LTG Cz) for growth of top quality, water-transparent, radiation hard large sized Bi4Ge3O12 (BGO) crystals is considered. Boules up to 130 mm in diameter and 400 mm in length are currently growing. At lambda = 480 nm, the attenuation length of the material in the main part of the boule reaches 10 m or more. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页数:7
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