• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1989.02a
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• pp.1-4
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• 1989

The Alexandrite (Cr:BeAl2O4) laser is one of the promising tunable (vibronic) solid state laser developed recently in the near infrared region (700~800nm) of the spectrum. The thermal lensing effect of rod may effect stable mode osicillation of the solid state laser. A design procedure of the Alexandrite laser resonator considering rod thermal lensing effect and misaligment sensitivity of the resonator will be presented.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1990.02a
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• pp.26-28
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• 1990

Cw arc 램프로 펌핑하는 Alexandrite 레이저의 형광을 optical Spectrum Analyzer를 이용하여 측정하였다. Vibronic 천이에 해당하는 광대역 형광 스펙트럼이 관측되었고, arc 램프 입력에 따른 peak 형광의 세기 및 peak intensity 파장의 입력 power 의존성을 조사하였다. 형광의 세기는 입력 power에 따라 0.16 /kw의 비율로 증가하였고, peak intensity 파장은 입력 power가 5kw 까지는 5 nm/kw 비율로 장파장쪽으로 이동하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.205-210
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• 2003

Alexandrite-like cubic zirconia single crystals were grown by skull melting method. The R.F. generator (output power is 35 ㎾) used for skull melting was operated at 2 MHz. The grown crystals were doped with up to 1 or 1.5 wt% and 0.5 or 1 wt% of rare earth metal ion (Pr, Nd) on$ ZrO_2-Y_2O_3$ (12 mol%). The grown crystals were cut for slice (0.25 mm) and round brilliant (12 mm in diameter). The cut stones were heat treated in air and nitrogen at $1000^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours and their optical absorption spectra ($\lambda$ = 400∼700 nm) data were obtained.

• KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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• v.5C no.1
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• pp.33-38
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• 2005

Recently, lasers have become widely used throughout the medical treatment field. Several types of lasers have been used for the purpose of hair removal since the Alexandrite laser was approved by the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) for clinical epilation. In this study, a long-pulsed Alexandrite laser system for hair removal adopting a multi-discharge method in which three flash lamps are turned on consecutively was designed and fabricated. This laser system shows the technology that makes it possible to create extended pulse by turning on three flash lamps consecutively. With this technique, the pulse width can be varied from 4ms∼10ms. Then using this Alexandrite laser system with the pulse width 10ms and the beam size 7mm, hair removal was performed on the back portion of a human hand and leg. This study shows that treatment by the long-pulsed Alexandrite laser produces hair removal with no relevant side effects.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.1729-1731
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• 2003

Recently many solid-state laser systems were widely used in the medical applications. So it is necessary to study various optimal laser parameters for adopting new medical treatments. Alexandrite laser using switching mode power supply has designed and experimented to adjust a pulse repetition rate by PIC one-chip microprocessor. The fundamental results have been obtained during the first financial year in 2002. We will be able to find out the optimal hair removal characteristics by the repetitive experiments of Alexandrite laser as the parameters such as pulse repetition rate, pulse width, and pulse energy etc.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.111-119
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• 1992

Alexandrite crystals were grown by the Czochralski method. Relationships between or ystal quality and crystal growth factors such as pulling rate, rotation rate, purity of BeO po wders and evaporation loss compensation of BeO and Cr3+/Al3+substitution ratio were investigated. As a result, 1) high purity (more than 99.99p,) of BeO, as a raw material, is requisite condition for single crystal growth, 2) evaporation loss comp ensation is also requisite for high quality crystal growth. This compensation depends on pulling rate and Cr3+/Al3+ ratio. And 3) optimum pulling and rotation rate for alexandrite growth were 0.5∼1.0mm/hr and 20∼25rpm, respectively. Ale xandrite crystals were grown to (001) direction. Various types of defects were detected by the polarizing microscope and we discussed how to remove these defects. And room tempo rature absorption and fluorescence spectra were measured.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.236-237
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• 2000

용액인상법에 의하여 Cr$^{3+}$ 이온이 0.1-0.2% 주입된 Alexandrite (Cr$^{3+}$ :BeAl$_2$O$_4$) 단결정을 성장하고, 성장한 단결정을 이용하여 레이저 소자를 제조하였다. 고품질의 단결정을 성장할 수 있는 결정성장조건을 규명하고, Cr$^{3+}$ 이온의 유효편석 계수를 계산하였으며, 결정 결함 및 분광 물성을 조사하였다. 결정성장 실험 결과, 유속 3 1/min의 질소분위기, 이리듐 도가니 및 <001>방위의 Alexandrite 단결정을 종자결정으로 사용하여 결정을 성장하는 경우 최적의 결정성장 조건은 인상속도 0.5-1.0 mm/hr와 회전속도 20-25 rpm이었다. 육성된 결정은 (100)면이 넓게 발달되었으며, (120)과 (010)면이 측면에 발달되는 판상의 직팔각기둥의 형태로 성장되었다. 결정결함으로써 parasite crystal의 형성과 경계면의 균열, striation, inclusion 등이 검출되었다. Alexandrite 단결정 내에 분포하는 Cr$^{3+}$ 이온의 유효편석계수 k$_{eff}$는 2.8로 계산되었다. 분광물성으로써 실온에서의 $^4$A$_2$$\longrightarrow$$^4$T$_2$(689.6-489.3 nm), $^4$A$_2$$\longrightarrow$$^4$T$_1$(489.3-311.33m) 천이에 의한 흡수를 확인하고, $^4$T$_2$$\longrightarrow$$^4$A$_2$(650-800 nm), $^2$E$\longrightarrow$$^4$A$_2$에 의한 nophonon line R$_1$, R$_2$(680.4, 678.5 nm) 및 $^2$T$_1$$\longrightarrow$$^4$A$_2$(655.7, 649.3, 645.2 nm)의 형광방출 스펙트럼을 얻었으며, 형광수명은 0.264 ms로 조사되었다. 제조된 레이저 발진봉은 직경 6.3 m, 길이 45 nm이었다.

• Medical Lasers
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.24-27
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• 2019

Seborrheic keratoses (SKs) have been treated with non-ablative longpulsed (LP) lasers, including LP 532-nm neodymium (Nd): yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), LP 695-nm ruby, LP 755-nm alexandrite (Alex), and LP 1,064-nm Nd:YAG lasers, with a pulse durations of 1-300 msec. Dual-wavelength LP 755-nm Alex/1,064-nm Nd:YAG laser systems have been used to remove hair follicles and treat various vascular and pigmented disorders by sequentially delivering two pulses of different wavelengths with interpulse intervals in the millisecond range. This paper reports the case of a female patient with multiple, discrete, light brown SKs on the dorsum of both hands that were treated effectively with one session of dual-wavelength LP 1,064-nm Nd:YAG/755-nm Alex laser treatment. The treatment settings for the LP Nd:YAG laser were comprised of a wavelength of 1,064 nm, fluence of 50 J/cm², pulse duration of 5 msec, and beam size of 3 mm. The settings for the LP Alex laser were comprised of a wavelength of 755 nm, fluence of 50 J/cm², pulse duration of 5 msec, and beam size of 3 mm. A hybrid mode was used to automatically deliver LP Nd:YAG and LP Alex laser pulses in succession at interpulse intervals of 20 msec. Six weeks after treatment, the patient exhibited remarkable improvement of the light brown seborrheic keratoses and was satisfied with the results.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.81-86
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• 2009

The luminescence and fluorescence were investigated by photoluminescence spectroscopy for six gemstones which exhibit color change effect. The shape of luminescence peaks appears different when observed by a photoluminescence spectroscopewith a 514 nm Ar laser source. However, it was not possible to observe the difference in the spectra between the natural and synthetic origins for the same type of gemstones. It was found that the photoluminescence spectrum was related to the crystal structure of the stones. Photoluminescence spectra using a 325 nm He-Cd source reveal that fluorescence is relatively strong for synthetic alexandrite, synthetic color change sapphire and natural alexandrite comparing to the rest of gemstones examined.

• KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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• v.3C no.4
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• pp.155-160
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• 2003

In this study, an Alexandrite laser system for hair removal adopting a multi-discharge method in which three flash lamps are turned on consecutively was designed and fabricated to examine the pulse width and the pulse shape of the laser beams depending upon the changes in the lamp turn-on time. Specifically, this study demonstrates a technology that makes it possible to formulate various pulse shapes by turning on three flashlamps consecutively on a real-time basis with the aid of a PIC (program integrated circuit) one-chip microprocessor. With this technique, the lamp turn-on delay time can be varied more diversely from 0 to 10 ms and real-time control is possible with an external keyboard, enabling an assortment of pulse shapes. In addition, longer pulses can be more widely used for industrial processing as well as for numerous medical purposes.