Areas of R&D

Cross-fertilization (R&D/SME/industrial manufacturers) facilitating collaborative innovation.

Crystals

High-performance piezoelectric crystals, e.g., ex : BCTZ, AlN
• large size crystals, e.g., sapphire; SiC
• R&D, e.g., LMO

Technology

Processes

Synthesis:
Czochralski
Hydrothermal synthesis
Bridgman
Growth in solution
VLS ( Vapor Liquid Solid)

Cutting:
Diamond wires (single and multi-wire)
Orientation (X-ray goniometer)

Ultra-stable resonators (BAW) Cristal Innov - R&D

Equipment

Devices

Ultra-stable resonators (BAW): space application
Very high-quality SAW substrates: telecom application
Harsh environment sensors: energy, defense
Ultrasound: medical and defense applications
Biosensors: medical application

High-performance piezoelectric crystals

BCTZ: Lead-free crystal, as a substitute for PZT, following the ban on lead by the European REACH regulation. Application: ultrasound probe for medical imaging
Piezoelectric AlN
Actuators (energy harvesting) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW)

Large size crystals

Sapphire for laser (200 mm titanium-doped sapphire) New generation interferometer sapphire for gravitational waves detection SiC (200 mm) for power components for electric vehicles

R&D

AlpyX was founded in June 2015 and is dedicated to research, production and sales of X-ray highly specified optics.

Those optics are acting as monochromators working according to the Bragg’s Law, by the mean the diffracting properties of the lattice of single crystal materials.

Innovative designs proposed by AlpyX allow better shaping and thus better focusing of the X-ray beam.

In order to materialize our founding values: to offer our customers the highest level of diffracting properties, reproducibility, consistency of our products, we trust Cristal Innov for the studies and developpement of advanced processes.

High competences and resources of Cristal Innov’s team within the context of search for the quality of the crystal lattice, have permitted to reach the desired specifications in time.

Thanks to these works, the first optics were delivered to our customers in 2016.

Today, both our industrial and institutional customers, worldwide, acknowledge the superior quality of our X—ray optics.

www.alpyx.fr