Relative Virtues of Different Bulk Growth Techniques

This paper will address the strengths and weaknesses of various methods for producing bulk single crystals of compound semiconductor materials. The Czochralski method, Bridgman-Stockbarger processes (in both horizontal and vertical orientations) and their variants, and recent innovations, such as the Mellen "Electrodynamic Gradient" approach and the "Heat Extractor Method", will be described.