Patent ID: 7641733
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: C30B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of growing a multi-component single crystal having three or more elements, comprising: providing a vessel comprising a crystal growth seed located in a crystal growth area of the vessel and a thermal barrier separating the crystal growth area from a synthesizing melt area of the vessel, wherein the synthesizing melt area of the vessel comprises an area above the crystal growth area of the vessel such that at least one opening connects the crystal growth area to the synthesizing melt area; forming a growth melt in the crystal growth area of the vessel and a synthesizing melt in the synthesizing melt area of the vessel; providing a solute into the synthesizing melt, such that solute diffuses from the synthesizing melt into the growth melt through the at least one opening; and growing the multi-component single crystal having three or more elements on the crystal growth seed.