Two-Step Floating Zone Method for Single-Crystal Growth of Er-Doped Y<sub>3</sub>Fe<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub>
Y<sub>3</sub>Fe<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub> single crystals were grown by using a two-step floating zone method. In the first step, microsized YIG seed crystals were grown in an iron-rich melt. In the second step, YIG was dissolved into the iron-rich melt, and YIG was supersaturated in the iron-rich melt. Then, the grown YIG has been aggregated and sunken, becoming a single crystal of YIG. Our two-step floating zone method has successfully grown YIG and Er-doped YIG single crystals. Our proposed two-step floating zone method enables the simple and rapid growth of pure peritectic compounds and doped compositions.
Authors
- Suyeon Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1931-9663)
- Claudia Decorse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3625-4400)
- Yujin Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-454X)
- Yeon-Woo Nahm
Institutions
- Ewha Womans University (KR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Ewha Womans University Medical Center (KR)
- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ACS Omega
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c02558
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.73
Funders
- National Research Foundation of Korea