An optical sensor is configured to detect a difference in emissivity between the melt and a solid ribbon on the melt, which may be silicon. The optical sensor is positioned on a same side of a crucible as a cold initializer. A difference in emissivity between the melt and the ribbon on the melt is detected using an optical sensor. This difference in emissivity can be used to determine and control a width of the ribbon.

The present disclosure provides a crystal growth apparatus. The crystal growth apparatus may include a furnace chamber; a temperature field device placed at least partially into the furnace chamber, wherein a cover plate of the temperature field device includes a first through hole; and a pulling rod component that passes through the first through hole and extends into the temperature field device.

The present disclosure provides a crystal growth apparatus. The crystal growth apparatus may include a furnace chamber; a temperature field device placed at least partially into the furnace chamber, wherein a cover plate of the temperature field device includes a first through hole; and a pulling rod component that passes through the first through hole and extends into the temperature field device.

A heat exchanging device includes: an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall is close to the center axis of the heat exchanging device. The inner wall and the outer wall together form a chamber for a cooling medium to flow. The inner wall is provided with at least one protrusion component having an internal cavity. The protruding direction of the protrusion component faces the center axis. The internal cavity of the protrusion component is in communication with the chamber formed by the inner wall and the outer wall. The protruding direction of the protrusion component faces the crystal bar, and the internal cavity of the protrusion component is in communication with the chamber formed by the inner wall and the outer wall, which increases the heat exchanging area, and reduces the horizontal distance between the cooling medium and the crystal bar.

A heat exchanging device includes: an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall is close to the center axis of the heat exchanging device. The inner wall and the outer wall together form a chamber for a cooling medium to flow. The inner wall is provided with at least one protrusion component having an internal cavity. The protruding direction of the protrusion component faces the center axis. The internal cavity of the protrusion component is in communication with the chamber formed by the inner wall and the outer wall. The protruding direction of the protrusion component faces the crystal bar, and the internal cavity of the protrusion component is in communication with the chamber formed by the inner wall and the outer wall, which increases the heat exchanging area, and reduces the horizontal distance between the cooling medium and the crystal bar.

[Object] To provide a single-crystal fiber production equipment and a single-crystal fiber production method that do not at all require high precision control necessary for a conventional single-crystal production equipment, can very easily maintain a stable steady state for a long time, and can stably produce a long single crystal fiber having a length of several hundreds of meters or more.

[Solution] The single-crystal fiber production equipment is used to produce a single crystal fiber by irradiating an upper surface of a raw material rod with a laser beam within a chamber to form a melt, immersing a seed single crystal in the melt, and pulling the seed single crystal upward. The single-crystal fiber production equipment includes: a laser light source that emits the laser beam as a collimated beam; a pulling device configured to be upward and downward movable in a vertical direction with the seed single crystal held thereby; and a flat reflector that reflects the laser beam such that the reflected laser beam is incident vertically on the upper surface of the raw material rod. The upper surface of the raw material rod is irradiated with the laser beam such that the melt has a donut-shaped temperature distribution.

Method for producing a silicon ingot in which a horizontal magnetic field is generated are disclosed. A plurality of process parameters are regulated during ingot growth including a wall temperature of the crucible, a transport of silicon monoxide (SiO) from the crucible to the single crystal, and an evaporation rate of SiO from the melt. Regulating the plurality of process parameters may include controlling the position of a maximum gauss plane of the horizontal magnetic field, controlling the strength of the horizontal magnetic field, and controlling the crucible rotation rate.

Method for producing a silicon ingot in which a horizontal magnetic field is generated are disclosed. A plurality of process parameters are regulated during ingot growth including a wall temperature of the crucible, a transport of silicon monoxide (SiO) from the crucible to the single crystal, and an evaporation rate of SiO from the melt. Regulating the plurality of process parameters may include controlling the position of a maximum gauss plane of the horizontal magnetic field, controlling the strength of the horizontal magnetic field, and controlling the crucible rotation rate.

Ingot puller apparatus for preparing a single crystal silicon ingot by the Czochralski method are disclosed. The ingot puller apparatus includes a heat shield. The heat shield has a leg segment that includes a void (i.e., an open space without insulation) disposed in the leg segment. The heat shield may also include insulation partially within the heat shield.

Miscellaneous crystals generated in a solution are reduced. A single crystal manufacturing method includes a first heating step of heating the solution so that a temperature of the solution in contact with a side surface of a crucible becomes higher than a temperature of the solution in contact with a bottom surface of the crucible, and a second heating step of heating the solution so that the temperature of the solution in contact with the bottom surface of the crucible becomes higher than the temperature of the solution in contact with the side surface of the crucible.