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The effect of the difference in the thickness ratio of the double-layered thickness-shear resonator on the temperature characteristics of the resonance frequency was investigated using a Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 (CTGS) single crystal. Three specimens with thickness ratios of ${x} =0.25$ , 0.33, and 0.50 were prepared using $122^{\circ } ~{Y}$ - and $171^{\circ }~{Y}$ -cut CTGS substrates. For the specimens with ${x} =0.25$ and 0.33, the temperature characteristics varied depending on the order of the resonance mode. For the specimen with ${x} =0.50$ , on the other hand, almost the same temperature characteristics were observed regardless of the order of the resonance mode. To interpret this phenomenon, a new equation for predicting the temperature characteristics of the fundamental mode (first mode) for the double-layered resonator was created using the electric flux density ratio generated in the two substrates. The expected values using this equation were in good agreement with the result of the first mode temperature characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Acoustically related physical constants were experimentally determined for Ca3Nb(Ga0.75Al0.25)3Si2O14 (CNGAS) single crystal for the first time. Several plate specimens of the X-, Y -, Z -, 40.24 ^\circ Y -, and 144.98 ^\circ Y -cut were prepared from a CNGAS single crystal ingot grown by Czochralski technique. Elastic constants, piezoelectric constants, and their temperature coefficients for CNGAS were determined from longitudinal wave and shear wave velocities at around room temperature, measured by the ultrasonic microspectroscopy system. Dielectric constants, density, and coefficients of thermal expansion were also measured. It was demonstrated that the determined constants could provide calculation accuracy within ±0.12% in leaky surface acoustic wave velocity. The piezoelectric constants for CNGAS were a 7.2% increase in e11 and a 1.7% decrease in e14 due to Al-substitution effect, compared with those of Ca3NbGa3Si2O14. The appropriate cut angle for thickness-shear mode resonator with zero temperature coefficient of velocity was estimated to be around 150 ^\circ Y -cut from calculations using the determined constants of CNGAS exhibiting electromechanical coupling factor k^2 of 3.19% and power flow angle of −1.70°. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We grew column-shaped Sr3NbGa3Si2O14 (SNGS) and Sr3TaGa3Si2O14 (STGS) langasite-type piezoelectric single crystals by the micro-pulling-down (μ-PD) method. 3-mm-diameter SNGS and STGS crystals were grown using a Pt-Rh crucible with a 3-mm-diameter columnar die. According to X-ray rocking curve measurements, the grown crystals had crystallinity equivalent to that of crystals grown by the Czochralski (Cz) method. The crystals were single-phase materials with langasite-type crystal structure. The lattice parameters of the grown crystals were almost consistent with those of crystals grown by the Cz method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We have grown shape-controlled langasite-type crystals by the micro-pulling-down (μ-PD) method. Columnar shaped La3Ta0.5Ga5.5O14 (LTG), Ca3NbGa3Si2O14 (CNGS), Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 (CTGS), Sr3NbGa3Si2O14 (SNGS), and Sr3Ta- Ga3Si2O14 (STGS) crystals were grown using a Pt-Rh crucible with a 3-mm-diameter columnar die at the bottom. All grown crystals showed high transparency except for the peripheral area and diameter of approximately 3 mm. The chemical phases at the central parts of the grown crystals were identified as a single phase of langasite-type structure and their lattice parameters were almost the same as those of crystals grown by the Czochralski (Cz) method; however, some impurity phases were observed in the peripheral area. In X-ray rocking curve measurements, the grown crystals indicated equivalent crystallinity to the crystal grown by the Cz method. The piezoelectric constant d11 of the CNGS crystal was 3.98 pC/N; this value is well correlated with those of previous reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]