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Growth and Electrostatic/chemical Properties of Metal/LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Heterostructures
Published on: February 8, 2018
Structure, growth, and optical properties of TbAl3(BO3)4 single crystal
Junye Lu1, Cong Fu, Jianzhong Chen
1Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China. ljy@fjirsm.ac.cn
Abstract:
TbAl(3)(BO(3))(4) single crystal was grown from a K(2)Mo(3)O(10)-B(2)O(3) system using the top-seeded high temperature solution method (TSSG), 20 mm×9 mm×7 mm in size. The grown crystal was characterized by x-ray diffraction analysis showing that the crystal has a trigonal structure and the space group is R32 with lattice parameters of a = b = 9.293(13) Å, c = 7.249(6) Å. Faraday rotations of TbAl(3)(BO(3))(4) crystal were investigated at room temperature at wavelengths of 532, 633, and 1064 nm. Finally, the Verdet constants were measured at V = -108.8, -85.7, and -20.8 rad/mT for 532, 633, and 1064 nm, respectively.
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