• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.220-228
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• 1996

CdTe single crystals were grown by vertical Bridgman method using double furnace with two siliconit heating elements. When the peak temperature of the upper furnace was fixed at $1150^{\circ}C$ and that of the lower furnace was $800^{\circ}C$, the temperature gradient was about $22.5^{\circ}C$/cm. The lattice constant $a_0$ was $6.482\AA$ from the X-ray diffraction and the band gap energy obtained from the optical absorption experiment at room temperature was 1.478 eV. PL spectrum showed that the bound exciton emission peak was resolved into ($A^0,X$) (1.5902, 1.5887 eV), ($h\;D^0$) (1.5918 eV) and ($D^0,X$ (1.5928, 1.5932 eV), and we have also calculated binding energy and ionization energy of the neutral donor and acceptor.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.178-181
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• 2006

We have investigated the Mn concentration-dependent structural, optical, magnetic properties in IV-VI diluted magnetic semiconductor $Si_{1-x}Mn_xTe_{1.5} $ crystals prepared by the vertical Bridgman technique. X-ray studies showed the single crystalline hexagonal crystal structure. From the optical absorption measurements energy band gap were found to decreases with increasing x and temperature. From the magnetization measurements the samples had ferromagnetic ordering with Curie temperature $T_C$ about 80 K. With increasing Mn concentration, the average magnetic moments per Mn atom determined from the saturated magnetization increased.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.535-541
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• 1999

Low-dislocation-density large-diameter GaAs single crystals with low-residual-strain have been strongly required. We have developed dislocation-free 3-inch Si doped GaAs crystals for photonic devices, and low-dislocation-density low-residual-strain 4-inch to 6-inch semi-insulating GaAs crystals for electronic devices by Vertical Bridgman(VB) technique. We confirmed that VB substrates with low-residual-strain have higher resistance against slip-line generation during MBE process. VB-GaAs single crystals show uniform radial profile of resistivity reflecting to the flat solid-liquid interface during the crystal growth. Uniformity of micro-resistivity of VB-GaAs substrate is much better than of the LEC-GaAs substrate, which is due to the low-dislocation-density of VB-GaAs single crystals.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.112-113
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• 2006

A stoichiometric mixture for $Cdln_2Te_4$ single crystal was prepared from horizontal electric furnace. The $Cdln_2Te_4$ single crystal was grown in the three-stage vertical electric furnace by using Bridgman method. The quality of the grown crystal has been investigated by the x-ray diffraction and the photoluminescence measurements. The (001) growth plane of oriented $Cdln_2Te_4$ single crystal was confirmed from back-reflection Laue patterns. The carrier density and mobility of $Cdln_2Te_4$ single crystal measured with Hall effect by van der Pauw method are $8.61{\times}10^{16}\;cm^{-3}$ and $242\;cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ at 293 K, respectively. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $Cdln_2Te_4$ single crystal obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_g(T)\;=\;1.4750\;eV\;-\;(7.69{\times}\;10^{-3}\;eV)T^2/(T+2147)$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.207-213
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• 1996

A ternary compound semiconductor $Al_{x}$-Ga/1-x/Sb crystals which have energy gap from 0.7eV to 1.6ev at room temperature with the composition ratio were grown by using the vertical Bridgman method. The characteristics of $Al_{x}$-Ga/1-x/Sb were investigated in this study. The lattice constants of $Al_{x}$-Ga/1-x/Sb crystals with the composition ratio were appeared from 6.096$\AA$ to 6.135$\AA$ with the composition ratio. The electrical properties of the $Al_{x}$-Ga/1-x/Sb crystals measured the Hall effect by van der Pauw method at the magnetic field of 3 kilogauss and at room temperature. The resistivity of Te-doped $Al_{x}$-Ga/1-x/Sb crystals increased from 0.771 $\Omega$-cm to 5 $\Omega$-cm at room temperature with increasing the composition ratio. The mobility of Te-doped $Al_{x}$-Ga/1-x/Sb crystals varied with the composition ratio x, within the following three different regions, such as GaSb-like (0$\leq$x$\leq$0.3), intermediate (0.3$\leq$x$\leq$0.4) and AlSb-like (0.4$\leq$x$\leq$1).eq$1).

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.8 no.3B
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• pp.297-301
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• 1999

High quality CdTe single crystal for the solar cell fabrication was grown by vertical Bridgman method. The etch pits patterns of {111} surfaces of CdTe etched by Nakagawa solution was observed the {11} A composed of Cd atoms with typical triangle etch pits of pyramid mode. From the photoluminescence measurement of {111} A, we observed free exciton $(E_x)$ existing only high quality crystal and neutral acceptor bound exciton ($A^{\circ}$, X) having very strong peak intensity. Then, the full width at half maximum and binding energy of neutral acceptor bound exciton were 7 meV and 5.9 meV, respectively. By Haynes rule, and activation energy of impurity was 59meV. Therefore, the origins on impurity level acting as a neutral acceptor were associated Ag or Cu elements.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.324-331
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• 1990

The single crystal of CdTe was grown by modified 6 zone Bridgman method under the conditions of excess Te and excess Cd. To prevent the constitutional supercooling, the crystal growth was done under the temperature gradient of $17^{\circ}C/cm$ in front of the solid /liquid interface and the growth rate was 3mm/hr. The grain morphologies and the growth mechanism were investigated in excess Te and excess Cd conditions. The grain size of excess Te crystal was increased with an increase of the distance from the tip but, in the case of excess Cd crystal, single crystal was not obtained because of the cavities due to the excess Cd vapors so that the grain size was not increased with an increase of the distance from the tip. In addition, the growth of single crystal of CdTe was done with repeated necking ampoule. It was found that the necking had no effects on the grain selection because the cavities trapped in the necking portion acted as heterogeneous nucleation sites.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.347-351
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• 2003

A p-$CdIn_2Te_4$ single crystal has been grown by the Bridgman method without a seed crystal in a tree-stage vertical electric furnace. From photocurrent measurements, it was found that three peaks, A, B, and C, corresponded to an intrinsic transition due to the band-to-band transition from the valence band states ${\Gamma}_7(A),\;{\Gamma}_6(B),\;and\;{\Gamma}_7(C)$ to the conduction band state ${\Gamma}_6$, respectively. Also, the valence band splitting of the $CdIn_2Te_4$ crystal has been confirmed by photocurrent spectroscopy. The crystal field splitting and the spin orbit splitting were obtained to be 0.2360 and 0.1119 eV, respectively. Also, the temperature dependence of the band gap energy of the $CdIn_2Te_4$ crystal has been driven as the following equation of $E_g(T)\;=E_g(0)\;-\;(9.43\;{\times}\;10^{-3})T^2/(2676\;+\;T)$. In this equation, the Eg(0) was estimated to be 1.4750, 1.7110, and 1.8229 eV at the valence band state A, B, and C, respectively. The band gap energy of the p-$CdIn_2Te_4$ at room temperature was determined to be 1.2023 eV.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.186-190
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• 2009

We investigated the magneto-optical properties and application of diluted magnetic semiconductors Cd$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$Te crystals with various Mn contents grown using a vertical Bridgman method. This material crystallizes in the zinc-blende structure for values of x < 0.82. The band-gap energy was depended on Mn mole fraction x linearly and increased with decreasing temperature. The Faraday rotation was increased as the photon energy increased near to that of the fundamental band gap and its increased with increasing Mn mole fraction. Optical isolator using the Cd$_{0.62}$Mn$_{0.38}$Te crystal shows that the isolation and insertion loss are 45 dB and 0.35 dB at 650 nm, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.278-281
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• 2003

The p-CIn2Te4 single crystal was grown in the three-stage vertical electric furnace by using Bridgman method. The quality of the grown crystal has been investigated by the x-ray diffraction and the photoluminescence measurements. From the photoluminescence spectra of the as-grown CdIn2Te4 crystal and the various heat-treated crystals, the (Do, X) emission was found to be the dominant intensity in the photoluminescence spectrum of the CdIn2Te4:Cd, while the (Ao, X) emission completely disappeared in the CdIn2Te4:Cd. However, the (Ao, X) emission in the photoluminescence spectrum of the CdIn2Te4:Te was the dominant intensity like an as-grown CdIn2Te4 crystal. These results indicated that the (Do, X) is associated with VTe acted as donor and that the (Ao, X) emission is related to VCd acted as acceptor, respectively. The p-CdIn2Te4 crystal was found to be obviously converted into the n-type after annealing in the Cd atmosphere. The origin of (Do, Ao) emission and its TO phonon replicas is related to the interaction between donors such as VTe or Cdint, and accepters such as VCd or Teint. Also, the In in the CdIn2Te4 was confirmed not to form the native defects because it existed in the stable form of bonds.