Numerical Analysis of the Combined Influence of Accelerated Crucible Rotation and Dynamic Crucible Translation on Liquid Phase Diffusion Growth of SiGe
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Numerical Simulation
3. Results and Discussions
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Growth Time (h) | Growth Velocity (mm/h) at the Centerline (ACRT) (Data from [23]) | Growth Velocity (mm/h) at the Centerline (ACRT with Dynamic Translation) |
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5.5 | 0.760 | 1.328 |
6 | 0.763 | 1.613 |
6.5 | 0.760 | 2.025 |
7 | 0.755 | 2.599 |
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Sekhon, M.; Lent, B.; Ma, Y. Numerical Analysis of the Combined Influence of Accelerated Crucible Rotation and Dynamic Crucible Translation on Liquid Phase Diffusion Growth of SiGe. Crystals 2016, 6, 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst6090116
Sekhon M, Lent B, Ma Y. Numerical Analysis of the Combined Influence of Accelerated Crucible Rotation and Dynamic Crucible Translation on Liquid Phase Diffusion Growth of SiGe. Crystals. 2016; 6(9):116. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst6090116
Chicago/Turabian StyleSekhon, Mandeep, Brian Lent, and Yanbao Ma. 2016. "Numerical Analysis of the Combined Influence of Accelerated Crucible Rotation and Dynamic Crucible Translation on Liquid Phase Diffusion Growth of SiGe" Crystals 6, no. 9: 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst6090116