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Electric field influence in dopant segregation in the LiNbO3: Cr3+ crystal growth process

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We observed, in melt crystal growth experiments, the influence of electric field on the effective segregation coefficient. An expression was developed, based on the equation of Burton, Prim and Slichter, to explain these phenomena in the crystal growth process of LiNbO3:Cr3+.

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Octaviano, E.S., Andreeta, J.P. & Gallo, N.J.H. Electric field influence in dopant segregation in the LiNbO3: Cr3+ crystal growth process. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 28, 65–68 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00349034

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