Crystal Growth of Materials for Electro-Optic Modulators

Abstract

The report covers two major topics. Crystal growth experiments on Alpha-HgS are reported. The aim here was to use the THM method of solution growth to grow large crystals from K2S4 solvents. So far, no large crystals have been obtained but the general utility of K2S4 as a solvent for the growth of smaller cinnabar crystals could be shown. Also, proustite, lead cesium chloride and bismuth sulfide were grown using the THM method. A method for the calculation of electrooptic coefficients of materials using only basic parameters was developed. Phillips electronegativities, crystallographic data and electronic polarizabilities of the atoms are used as inputs in a computer program which is described. The program outputs the electrooptic coefficients of cubic and noncubic structures. The major test cases were compounds of the zinc- blende structure and good agreement between calculated and experimentally determined electrooptic coefficients is obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0729463

Entities

People

  • Andrew A. Menna
  • Fritz V. Wald
  • Richard O. Bell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Autoclaves
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Crystal Growth
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electro-Optic Modulators
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Isotherms
  • Modulators
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Phase Transformations
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Chemistry

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene