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The Czochralski method

seed holder 1. Melting of the starting material


(water cooled)
seed 2. Seeding
growing crystal
3. Necking
melt
4. Shouldering
crucible
5. Equal diameter growth
thermocouple

heater

controlled Crystals grown:


atmosphere
Si, Ge, Sn, Bi, Au, AlSb, InSb,
vessel GaSb, CsJ, Kbr, CaF2 , BaF2 ,
(water cooled)
NaCl, Li3N, Al-Pd-Mn etc.

0 4 ln (CS / Ci ) = ln k + (k-1) ln (1-g)

-1.0
ln(C S /C i )

1. Se, k=0.11 1 3
-2.0 2. Te, k=0.15
3. In, k=0.10 2
4. Mn, k=0.05
-3.0 5. Yb, k=0.007
10 mm
-4.0 5
A view of the AlSb crystal growth
-5.0

-1.7 -0.7
ln(1-g)

Segregation of Se, Te, In, Mn and Yb in AlSb, as function of the fraction (g)
10 mm of melt solidified, where k is the effective segregation coefficient, C S the
AlSb single crystal component of dopant and Ci the initial dopant concentration

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