Application of a rotating magnetic field to semiconductor crystal growth in Space

A. S. Senchenkov - I. V. Barmin

Design Bureau of General Machine-Building (KBOM), 121059 Moscow, Russia

Abstract
To eliminate the tremendous influence of the residual accelerations on homogeneity of the crystal growing in a space experiment, a rotating magnetic field (RMF) is used. A number of the experiments have been performed in space within the RMF both in the frame of the Russian national program and together with European scientists. In the paper some theoretical and experimental results illustrating the effectiveness of RMF application to crystal growth under microgravity conditions are presented. Tables 2, Figs 5, Refs 8.