Device for growing a crystalline layer on a substrate

摘要

A magnetic epitaxial layer containing the rare earths yttrium and samarium is grown on a gadolinium-gallium substrate which moves vertically in the melt during the growth process. The substrate remains immersed in a melt containing oxides of iron and the rare earths and while moving vertically in its own plane the substrate effectuates a translation movement with each point of the substrate describing a canted 8-shaped loop.