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Springer Fiber Crystal Growth From The Melt by Tsuguo Fukuda , Peter Rudolph , Satoshi Uda
Fiber Crystal Growth from the Melt reviews the growth, modelling, characterization and application of single crystal fibers. 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. 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.