Fiber Crystal Growth from the Melt

Fiber Crystal Growth from the Melt reviews the growth, modelling, characterization and application of single crystal fibers are reviewed. Due to their very large length-to-diameter ratio together with perfect crystallographic structure and chemical homogeneity, such fibers have mechanical and physical properties that approach the theoretical values. Fukuda explains how their ultra-high strength enables their application as reinforcing agents in structural components. And he elucidates how and why fiber crystals are particularly well suited for wave guiding, tunable narrow-band filters and nonlinear optics and for the generation of green, blue and violet wavelenghts, and also as micro lasers and laser modulators. The book is suitable for specialists and students in the fields of materials science, crystal growth, physics, chemistry, crystallography, optics, mechanics and engineering.

List of contents

1 What Do We Want With Fiber Crystals? An Introductory Overview.- 2 Fundamentals of Growth Dynamics of the ?-Pulling Down Method.- 3 Theoretical Analysis of the Micro-Pulling-Down Process.- 4 Practice of Micro Pulling Down Growth.- 5 Crystal-Chemistry and Fiber Crystal Growth of Optical Oxide Materials.- 6 Oxide Eutectic Crystals for High-Temperature Structural Application.- 7 Oxide Fiber Crystals Grown by ?-PD and LHPG Techniques.- 8 Growth of Micro and Bulk Crystals by Modified Micro-PD and their Properties.

Summary

Fiber Crystal Growth from the Melt reviews the growth, modelling, characterization and application of single crystal fibers are reviewed. Due to their very large length-to-diameter ratio together with perfect crystallographic structure and chemical homogeneity, such fibers have mechanical and physical properties that approach the theoretical values. Fukuda explains how their ultra-high strength enables their application as reinforcing agents in structural components. And he elucidates how and why fiber crystals are particularly well suited for wave guiding, tunable narrow-band filters and nonlinear optics and for the generation of green, blue and violet wavelenghts, and also as micro lasers and laser modulators. The book is suitable for specialists and students in the fields of materials science, crystal growth, physics, chemistry, crystallography, optics, mechanics and engineering.

Product details

• Assisted by: T. Fukuda (Editor), Tsuguo Fukuda (Editor), P. Rudolph (Editor), Pete Rudolph (Editor), Peter Rudolph (Editor), S. Uda (Editor), Satoshi Uda (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2004
• EAN: 9783540405962
• ISBN: 978-3-540-40596-2
• No. of pages: 281
• Weight: 684 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 281 p.
• Series: Advances in Materials Research; Advances in Materials Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; B, Ceramics, Glass, Chemistry and Materials Science, Optical and Electronic Materials, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Testing of materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Condensed matter, Materials / States of matter, Characterization and Analytical Technique, Materials science, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Electronic materials, Electronic devices & materials, Optical Materials, Physical Chemistry, Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems, Phase transitions (Statistical physics), Industrial chemistry & chemical engineering, composite materials, Composites (Materials)