Process and an apparatus for producing a composite oxide single crystal body

摘要

A process is disclosed for producing an integrated composite oxide single crystal body composed of a core portion made of an oxide single crystal and a clad portion integrated with the core portion and made of another oxide single crystal having a composition different from that of the oxide single crystal constituting the core portion, the process comprising the steps of: (1) preparing a first melt in a first crucible by melting a first material for a first oxide single crystal to constitute the core portion inside the first crucible, (2) preparing a second melt inside a second crucible by melting a second material for a second oxide single crystal to constitute the clad portion inside the second crucible, (3) contacting a seed crystal to the first and second melts, (4) pulling down the first melt through a pull-out opening of the first crucible, (5) pulling down the second melt through a pull-out opening of the second crucible and contacting the pulled-down second melt with a pulled-down portion of the first melt, and (6) integrally pulling down the first and second melts.