Introduction

Abstract

The development of many advanced fields in modern engineering is to a large extent governed by the success achieved in crystal growth. The development of the first solid-state lasers became possible only when perfect ruby crystals with uniform dopant distribution had been grown. Microminiaturization in electronics became widespread only after the improvement of dislocation-free semiconductor crystal structure since defects of micron-fraction size are comparable with integrated circuit elements. The above-mentioned examples are sufficient to prove the thesis. Naturally, engineering needs the development of stimulated crystallization.