Abstract

Photorefractive single-crystal fibers of Bi 12SiO 20 up to 90 mm in length and Bi 12TiO 20 up to 50 mm in length with diameters of 650–1200 μm were grown by the laser-heated pedestal growth (LHPG) method. Both Bi 12SiO 20 and Bi 12TiO 20 fibers were pulled from stoichiometric (6:1) melts at pulling rates of 0.3 and 0.2 mm/min, respectively, the feeding rate was 0.1 mm/min. Growth conditions, morphology and chemical composition of the grown fibers were studied. The possible mechanisms of crystallization of incongruently melting Bi 12TiO 20 fiber from the stoichiometric melt were discussed. The energy-exchange effect was observed in the BSO fibers at the wavelength λ = 0.5145 μm.

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