Control of interface shape of cadmium zinc telluride grown via an electrodynamic gradient freeze furnace

2007 Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lun, Lisa ^b   Yeckel, Andrew ^b   Derby, Jeffrey J ^b   Daoutidis, Prodromos ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; GRADIENT METHODS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; THERMOANALYSIS; ZINC;

CADMIUM-ZINC-TELLURIDE; CLOSED-LOOP CONTROLS; CONTROL AND AUTOMATION; ELECTRODYNAMIC GRADIENT FREEZE FURNACE; EXTERNAL-; FURNACE TEMPERATURES; INTERFACE SHAPES; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL; QUASI-STEADY STATES;

FURNACES;

EID: 50249133722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2007.4433759     Document Type: Conference Paper

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