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Crystal Growth Techniques and Characterization: An Overview

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A brief overview of crystal growth techniques and crystal analysis and characterization methods is presented here. This is a prelude to the details in subsequent chapters on fundamentals of growth phenomena, details of growth processes, types of defects, mechanisms of defect formation and distribution, and modeling and characterization tools that are being employed to study as-grown crystals and bring about process improvements for better-quality and large-size crystals.

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Abbreviations

AFM:

atomic force microscopy

APS:

Advanced Photon Source

BCF:

Burton–Cabrera–Frank

DKDP:

deuterated potassium dihydrogen phosphate

EPR:

electron paramagnetic resonance

FWHM:

full width at half-maximum

IR:

infrared

KDP:

potassium dihydrogen phosphate

LED:

light-emitting diode

LPE:

liquid-phase epitaxy

MBE:

molecular-beam epitaxy

MOVPE:

metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy

PL:

photoluminescence

SC:

slow cooling

SCBG:

slow-cooling bottom growth

SEM:

scanning electron microscope

SEM:

scanning electron microscopy

TED:

threading edge dislocation

TEM:

transmission electron microscopy

TSD:

threading screw dislocation

TSSG:

top-seeded solution growth

TSZ:

traveling solvent zone

VPE:

vapor-phase epitaxy

VTGT:

vertical temperature gradient technique

XRT:

x-ray topography

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  1. ARC Energy, 18 Celina Avenue, Unit 77, 03063, Nashua, NH, USA

    Govindhan Dhanaraj

  2. Department of Geology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, 570 006, Mysore, India

    Kullaiah Byrappa

  3. University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle, 76203-5017, Denton, TX, USA

    Vishwanath (Vish) Prasad

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University, 11794-2275, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Michael Dudley

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Dhanaraj, G., Byrappa, K., Prasad, V.(., Dudley, M. (2010). Crystal Growth Techniques and Characterization: An Overview. In: Dhanaraj, G., Byrappa, K., Prasad, V., Dudley, M. (eds) Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74761-1_1

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