Springer Handbook of Crystal Growth

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-201
Crystal Growth Techniques and Characterization: An Overview....Pages 3-16
Nucleation at Surfaces....Pages 17-52
Morphology of Crystals Grown from Solutions....Pages 53-92
Generation and Propagation of Defects During Crystal Growth....Pages 93-132
Single Crystals Grown Under Unconstrained Conditions....Pages 133-157
Defect Formation During Crystal Growth from the Melt....Pages 159-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-556
Indium Phosphide: Crystal Growth and Defect Control by Applying Steady Magnetic Fields....Pages 205-229
Czochralski Silicon Single Crystals for Semiconductor and Solar Cell Applications....Pages 231-243
Czochralski Growth of Oxide Photorefractive Crystals....Pages 245-280
Bulk Crystal Growth of Ternary III–V Semiconductors....Pages 281-325
Growth and Characterization of Antimony-Based Narrow-Bandgap III–V Semiconductor Crystals for Infrared Detector Applications....Pages 327-366
Crystal Growth of Oxides by Optical Floating Zone Technique....Pages 367-391
Laser-Heated Pedestal Growth of Oxide Fibers....Pages 393-432
Synthesis of Refractory Materials by Skull Melting Technique....Pages 433-477
Crystal Growth of Laser Host Fluorides and Oxides....Pages 479-507
Shaped Crystal Growth....Pages 509-556
Front Matter....Pages 557-794
Bulk Single Crystals Grown from Solution on Earth and in Microgravity....Pages 559-598
Hydrothermal Growth of Polyscale Crystals....Pages 599-653
Hydrothermal and Ammonothermal Growth of ZnO and GaN....Pages 655-689
Stoichiometry and Domain Structure of KTP-Type Nonlinear Optical Crystals....Pages 691-723
Front Matter....Pages 557-794
High-Temperature Solution Growth: Application to Laser and Nonlinear Optical Crystals....Pages 725-757
Growth and Characterization of KDP and Its Analogs....Pages 759-794
Front Matter....Pages 795-936
Growth and Characterization of Silicon Carbide Crystals....Pages 797-820
AlN Bulk Crystal Growth by Physical Vapor Transport....Pages 821-843
Growth of Single-Crystal Organic Semiconductors....Pages 845-867
Growth of III-Nitrides with Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy (HVPE)....Pages 869-896
Growth of Semiconductor Single Crystals from Vapor Phase....Pages 897-935
Front Matter....Pages 937-1211
Epitaxial Growth of Silicon Carbide by Chemical Vapor Deposition....Pages 939-966
Liquid-Phase Electroepitaxy of Semiconductors....Pages 967-998
Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth of Semiconductors....Pages 999-1039
Liquid-Phase Epitaxy of Advanced Materials....Pages 1041-1068
Molecular-Beam Epitaxial Growth of HgCdTe....Pages 1069-1132
Metalorganic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy of Diluted Nitrides and Arsenide Quantum Dots....Pages 1133-1152
Formation of SiGe Heterostructures and Their Properties....Pages 1153-1192
Plasma Energetics in Pulsed Laser and Pulsed Electron Deposition....Pages 1193-1211
Front Matter....Pages 1213-1402
Convection and Control in Melt Growth of Bulk Crystals....Pages 1215-1242
Vapor Growth of III Nitrides....Pages 1243-1280
Continuum-Scale Quantitative Defect Dynamics in Growing Czochralski Silicon Crystals....Pages 1281-1334
Models for Stress and Dislocation Generation in Melt Based Compound Crystal Growth....Pages 1335-1378
Mass and Heat Transport in BS and EFG Systems....Pages 1379-1402
Front Matter....Pages 1403-1579
Crystalline Layer Structures with X-Ray Diffractometry....Pages 1405-1423
X-Ray Topography Techniques for Defect Characterization of Crystals....Pages 1425-1451
Defect-Selective Etching of Semiconductors....Pages 1453-1476
Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Crystals....Pages 1477-1519
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Characterization of Point Defects....Pages 1521-1549
Defect Characterization in Semiconductors with Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy....Pages 1551-1579
Front Matter....Pages 1581-1736
Protein Crystal Growth Methods....Pages 1583-1605
Crystallization from Gels....Pages 1607-1636
Crystal Growth and Ion Exchange in Titanium Silicates....Pages 1637-1662
Single-Crystal Scintillation Materials....Pages 1663-1700
Silicon Solar Cells: Materials, Devices, and Manufacturing....Pages 1701-1718
Wafer Manufacturing and Slicing Using Wiresaw....Pages 1719-1736
Back Matter....Pages 1737-1816