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Single-Crystal Growth of a Cubic Laves-Phase Ferromagnet HoAl2 by a Laser Floating-Zone Method
- Naoki Kikugawa,
- Takashi Kato,
- Momoko Hayashi and
- Hitoshi Yamaguchi
The successful growth of single crystals of a cubic Laves-phase material HoAl2 with the space group Fd-3m is reported in this study. The crystals were grown by a floating-zone method with five laser diodes as a heat source. Al-rich feed rods were pre...