Effect of Mg doping on the growth aspects, crystalline perfection, and optical and thermal properties of congruent LiNbO3 single crystals

Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1854-1862

  Riscob, B ^a,b,c   Bhaumik, Indranil ^d   Ganesamoorthy, S ^e   Bhatt, R ^d   Vijayan, N ^a   Karnal, A K ^d   Wahab, M A ^b   Bhagavannarayana, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA RESEARCH   (India)

^d RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e Materials Science Group   (India)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Doping; High resolution X ray diffractometry; Lithium niobate; Optical properties; Rocking curves; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CONGRUENT LITHIUM NIOBATE; HIGH QUALITY SINGLE CRYSTALS; HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; ROCKING CURVES; TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS;

CRACKS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POINT DEFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 84887930051     PISSN: 00218898     EISSN: 16005767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1107/S0021889813025065     Document Type: Article

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