Apparatus for growing single crystals

The invention provides apparatus for single crystal growth, including a chamber housing a heatable crucible having a bottom wall and side walls and being rotatable about an axis, means for feeding raw material into the crucible, and further including a seed crystal mounted on a movable rod along the...

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Hauptverfasser: MARK TSIRLIN, HERMAN BRANOVER, YURI GELFGAT, SHAUL LESIN
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The invention provides apparatus for single crystal growth, including a chamber housing a heatable crucible having a bottom wall and side walls and being rotatable about an axis, means for feeding raw material into the crucible, and further including a seed crystal mounted on a movable rod along the axis, the apparatus including an annular heater disposed in the crucible about the axis and above the bottom wall so as to leave a gap between them for melted crystal material flow from a first heating zone defined by the inner surface of the side walls, the outer surface of the annular heater and the peripheral area of the bottom wall, and a second heating zone defined by the inner surface of the annular heater and the central area of the bottom wall.