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Multicomponent Fluoride Single Crystals (Current Status of Their Synthesis and Prospects)

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World production of single crystals using directed melt crystallization had up to the mid-1960’s included less than ten one-component fluorides. This situation has persisted until now and has practically no indication of changing. The fluorides are mainly those of Li, Mg, Ca, Ba, and several others. The technical potential of these materials has also been exhausted. The chemical compositions have been determined. Thus, the tightly controlled properties limit the range of practical Appl.ication of one-component fluoride crystals. The fluorides can be activated by addition of small amounts of impurities. As a rule, this does not substantially change the useful properties of the crystalline matrices themselves, including the thermal and chemical stability, mechanical, electrical, dielectric, and other properties. This method of modifying the individual properties (mainly laser) by adding small amounts of impurities will not be reviewed in the present article.

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Sobolev, B.P. (1992). Multicomponent Fluoride Single Crystals (Current Status of Their Synthesis and Prospects). In: Givargizov, E.I., Grinberg, S.A., Wester, D.W. (eds) Growth of Crystals. Poct Kphctannob, Rost Kristallov, Growth of Crystals, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3268-2_17

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