Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Citizen Finedevice Co., Ltd.

Youichi Nonogaki

Yoshitaka Kinoshita

Ikuo Takahashi

Takashi Akahane

Takayuki Aoki

Satoshi Sohda

A method of production of a high insulation resistance, high strength langatate-based single crystal and a langatate-based single crystal are provided. That is, a method of production of a langatate-based single crystal using the Czochralski method of pulling up a crystal from a starting material solution so as to grow a langatate-based single crystal, comprising placing the starting material solution of the single crystal in a platinum crucible and growing the single crystal using the Z-axis as the growth axis in a growth atmosphere of a mixed gas comprising an inert gas in which an oxidizing gas is contained in an amount greater than 5 vol %.

Method of production of langatate-based single crystal and langatate-based single crystal

Provided is a surface acoustic wave device using a novel and steadily suppliable piezoelectric material that is resistant to a high-temperature environment and enables the surface acoustic wave device to use a 2 GHz to 2.5 GHz band or higher. The surface acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate formed from a monocrystal of gehlenite (CAS: Ca2Al(AlSi)O7); and interdigital transducers formed on a surface acoustic wave propagation plane of the piezoelectric substrate.

Surface acoustic wave device

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Tokyo, Japan

Youichi Nonogaki