Abstract
Computer simulations are performed to assess the feasibility of a submerged heater system for growth of cadmium zinc telluride (CZT). Adding a submerged heater to the vertical Bridgman configuration in the manner of the submerged heater method (SHM) and axial-heat-flux-close-to-the-phase-interface (AHP) systems allows superior control of the growth interface shape and significant reduction in thermal stress. Simulations demonstrate that maintaining a constant gap width between heater and growth interface is critical to achieving uniform axial segregation when using zone leveling. Radial segregation remains somewhat nonuniform, however, because of the poor mixing in the interface region.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 488-497 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Electronic Materials |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research described in this publication was made possible in part by Award No. RE1-2480-AV-02 of the U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union in collaboration with V. Golyshev, M. Gonik, and V. Tsvetovsky. Support has also been provided by the University of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute.
Copyright:
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Keywords
- Axial heat flux close to the phase interface (AHP) method
- Bridgman method
- Cadmium zinc telluride
- Segregation
- Submerged heater