| 摘要 |
A horizontal liquid phase crystal growth apparatus which incorporates a heat sink means is described. The apparatus includes a boat for housing a melt which is in contact with a slider used for accommodating a source material. The slider, in turn, is in contact with a pedestal used for holding a substrate. The melt and the substrate are isolated from one another at different stages of the growth process by means of the slider. In operation, the boat is heated to a growth temperature and the slider is then moved so as to effect saturation of the melt with the source material. The slider is then moved again to contact the substrate with the source-saturated melt. Growth is then initiated from a convection-free melt by cooling the pedestal and, thus, the substrate by means of a heat sink which establishes a thermal gradient along the vertical axis of the container.
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