The effect of the pressure difference across the free surface in case of a NdYAG micro fiber growth by the micro pulling down process
In this paper, explicit formulas, prescribing the limits of the pressure difference across the free surface of the static meniscus, are used in order to establish the boundaries of the ranges where the pressure difference value has to be (or can be) chosen, in order to have a static and stable meniscus free surface, appropriate for an NdYAG micro fiber (of prior given radius) growth, by the micro pulling down (m PD) method. The advantage of this procedure is that it helps in the development of the manufacturing technology design and in experiment.