Single crystal growth of rare earth titanate pyrochlores
G Balakrishnan; O A Petrenko; M R Lees; D McK Paul; G Balakrishnan; Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; O A Petrenko; Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; M R Lees; Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK; D McK Paul; Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
1998-11-09
Аннотация:
Rare earth titanate pyrochlores are known to exhibit magnetic frustration. Large, high quality single crystals of a series of oxide pyrochlores, , have been grown by the floating zone technique, using an infrared image furnace. The crystals are roughly 5 - 6 mm in diameter and 40 - 60 mm in length and have been grown for R = Pr, Nd, Sm, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er and Y. The crystals have been characterized and tested for their quality.
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