METHOD FOR FORMING BULK CRYSTALS, IN PARTICULAR MONOCRISTALS OF FLUORIDES DOPPED WITH RARE-EARTH IONS
A method and a system for forming a bulk crystal starting from precursors in the molten state for solidification and growth around a seed of material having a predetermined crystalline structure is described. The crystalline solid phase obtained at the end of the growth is subjected to a first controlled cooling step performed at a first higher cooling rate until a predetermined threshold temperature is reached, and to a subsequent controlled cooling step from the threshold temperature, performed at a second cooling rate lower than the first cooling rate.
Application Number IT TO2011A000335; US20120260846A1
YEAR: 2011
APPLICATIONS
Laser sources, particularly in the spectral range of green. Laser projectors
INVENTORS
- Stefano VERONESI
- Mauro TONELLI
- Daniela PARISI
PATENT OWNERSHIP
- National Research Council (Italy) (100%)
English 
Italian