Growth of sapphire and oxide eutectic fibers by the EFG technique

Single-crystal sapphire and oxide binary (Al2O3-Y3Al5O12, Al2O3-Er3Al5O12, Al2O3- GdAlO3) and ternary (Al2O3-ZrO2(Y2O3)) eutectic fibers of 150-300 µm in diameters were grown by the edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) technique. Microstructure and some properties of fibers were investigated.