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Gravity-Driven Convection Studies in Compound Semiconductor Crystal Growth by Physical Vapor Transport

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

John A. Zoutendyk
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA
Wesley M. Akutagawa
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, 91109, USA
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Abstract

Gravity-driven convection can alter the diffusive-advective mass transport behavior in the growth of crystals by physical vapor transport. Specially designed and constructed transparent furnaces are being used in our laboratory to study the effects of gravity in crystal growth of the compound semiconductors PbTe and CdTe.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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