Conference
Effect of Pressure Changes during Optical Floating Zone Crystal Growth
Abstract
In the process of the growth of the magnetically frustrated pyrochlore holmium titanate, Ho2Ti2O7, fluctuations in the pressure of the optical floating zone image furnace were observed. Upon removal, banding from colour centres was noted. These bands were removed by annealing the material at 600 degrees Celsius for 12 hours. Based on this observation, a series of growths was performed to determine the effects of small pressure fluctuations on …
Authors
Munsie T; Luke G; Dabkowska H
Volume
70
Pagination
pp. c946-c946
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Publication Date
August 5, 2014
DOI
10.1107/s2053273314090536
Conference proceedings
Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and advances
Issue
a1
ISSN
0108-7673