• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.78-85
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• 2018

As a numerical analysis technique to predict the radar cross section of an aircraft, a full wave method or an asymptotic method is mainly used. The full-wave method is expected to be relatively accurate compared with the asymptotic method. The asymptotic method is numerically efficient, and it is more widely used in the RCS analysis. However, the error that occurs when estimating the RCS using the asymptotic method is difficult to predict easily. In this paper, we analyze the allowable limits of physical optics by constructing a wedge-cylinder model and comparing the RCS prediction results between the method of moment and physical optics while changing the edge shape. Finally, this study proposes a criterion for allowable limit of physical optics in the RCS estimation.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.34-39
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• 2017

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.11
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• pp.958-967
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• 2014

A hybrid method based on high-frequency asymptotic optics was developed in order to predict the RCS of flying vehicles for RCS reduction studies. In cavity return, the rays are assumed to bounce from the inlet cavity based on the laws of geometrical optics and to exit the cavity via the aperture. In other parts of a flying vehicle, the physical optics method is applied to compute the back-scattered field from the solid surface. The hybrid method was validated by considering simple models of sphere and sphere with cavity. In addition, RCS analysis of a flying vehicle was conducted using the new hybrid electromagnetic scattering method based on physical optics and geometrical optics theories.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.280-287
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• 1992

The nonlinear optical properties of semiconductors and semiconductor microstructures have been the subject of intense research, not only from a fundamental physics point of view, but also for their potential applications to future opto-electronic devices. In this paper, steady-state and time-resolved nonlinear optical spectroscopic techniques to investigate the microscopic world of semiconductor materials were briefly described.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.62-71
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• 2001

Prediction of ship's signature of RCS(Radar Cross Section) and TES(Target Echo Strength) is mostly required in the initial design stage of naval craft, because RCS is directly related to the radar detection while TES to the sonar detection. In this research, a numerical scheme using a curved-patch physical optics method is proposed to evaluate signature of a perfectly reflecting curved object. The scheme is validated by comparing numerical RCS values of circular cylinder, sphere and NACA3317 airfoil with available data. It is also further applied to predict RCS of a surfaced submarine and TES of fully submerged one. Major reflectors of the surfaced or submerged submarine for the various incident angles of radar and sonar waves are investigated as well.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.929-938
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• 2000

A summary of the development and verifications of a computer code being developed at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) for calculating the radar cross section(RCS) of complex targets is presented. The complex targets are modeled in terms of patches and wedges. This code utilizes physical optics, physical theory of diffraction and shooting and bouncing rays method to calculate the RCS of complex targets. For the verification of the RCS prediction code, a simple-shaped scale-model was manufactured and the RCS was measured at the POSTECH compact range. The obtained RCS was processed to give frequency-domain RCS patterns and ISAR images. The predicted RCS shows good agreement with measured one. The RCS prediction methods presented here are applicable to stealth design and target recognition.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.82-91
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• 2000

In this study, a numerical scheme based on physical optics method is developed to predict RCS of perfectly conducting body. The scheme is verified through the comparisons of numerical values of cylinder and sphere with analytical ones. It is also applied to compute RCS of a fast naval craft. Major reflection of this ship at threat angle of 0 degrees is found to be due to superstructure and stern part of main hull. In order to investigate the shaping effects on the ship. inclination angles of the stern of main hull and superstructure are set to 12 degrees. The RCS of the ship with shaping is proven to be much reduced in comparison with one without shaping.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.229.2-229.2
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• 2015

전자현미경은 전자빔을 이용하여 나노 수준의 분해능으로 초미세 구조물을 관찰할 수 있는 측정 장치이다. 이러한 전자를 소스로 사용하는 현미경에서 전자총의 특성을 파악하는 것은 전자현미경의 광학계를 설계하거나 그 성능을 평가할 때 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서 제작한 전자총 평가 시스템은 전자총의 특성인 각전류밀도와 가상 전자원 크기를 측정할 수 있다. 이러한 특성을 정확하게 도출하기 위해서는 우선 가상 전자원의 위치를 알아야 한다. 전자총 평가 시스템은 전자총에서 방출된 전자빔을 형광 스크린에 조사하여 전자빔을 가시광선으로 변환하고, 형광 스크린 반대편에서 광학 현미경 렌즈가 장착된 카메라를 이용하여 빛으로 변환된 전자빔을 촬영하여 영상으로 획득 할 수 있다. 본 발표는 이렇게 획득한 영상에서 MathWorks(R)사의 MATLAB(R) 소프트웨어를 이용하여 물리적인 거리를 도출하기 위하여 사용하는 영상처리기법을 소개한다. 사용한 영상처리는 픽셀을 기반으로 계산하였으며, 취득 영상의 잡음을 제거하는 방법, 형광 스크린에서 획득한 전자빔에서 전자빔의 중심점 찾는 방법 및 이동한 전자빔의 거리를 계산하는 방법 등이 있다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.26 no.11
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• pp.1012-1019
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• 2015

This paper shows the acceleration of iterative physical optics(IPO) for radar cross section(RCS) by using two techniques effectively. For the analysis of the multiple reflection in the cavity, IPO uses the near field method, unlike shooting and bouncing rays method which uses the geometric optics(GO). However, it is still far slower than physical optics(PO) and it is needed to accelerate the speed of IPO for practical purpose. In order to address this problem, graphic processing unit(GPU) can be applied to reduce calculation time and adaptive iterative physical optics-change rate(AIPO-CR) method is also applicable effectively to optimize iteration for acceleration of calculation.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.2 s.17
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• pp.88-99
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• 2004

A development of a software on radar target signature analysis is presented in this paper The target signature includes Radar Cross Section(RCS) prediction, Range Profile(RP) processing and Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar(ISAR) processing. Physical Optics(PO) is the basic calculation method for RCS prediction and Geometrical Optics(GO) is used for ray tracing in the field calculation of multiple reflection. For RP and ISAR, Fast Fourier Transform(FFT) and Matrix Pencil(MP) method were implemented for post-processing. Those results are integrated into two separate softwares named as Radar Target Signature Generator(RTSG) and Radar Target Signature Analyser(RTSA). Several test results show good performances in radar signature prediction and analysis.