• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2020

In this study, we investigate terahertz (THz) generation by a photoconductive antenna with electrodes in the shape of split-ring resonators. According to our theoretical investigation based on a lumped-circuit model, the inductance of this electrode structure leads to resonant behavior of the photo-induced current. Hence, near the resonance frequency the spectral components generated by a resonant photoconductive antenna can be greater than those produced by a non-resonant one. For experimental verification, a resonant photoconductive antenna, which possesses a resonance mode at 0.6 THz, and a non-resonant photoconductive antenna with stripe-shaped electrodes were fabricated on a semi-insulating GaAs substrate. The THz generation by both of the photoconductive antennas demonstrated a good agreement with the theoretically expected results. The observed relationship between the resonant electrodes of the photoconductive antenna and the generated THz spectrum can be further employed to design a narrow-band THz source with an on-demand frequency.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.295-303
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• 1996

A new temperature compensation technique for hot-wire anemometer is proposed in this article. In contrast to the available compensation techniques, a photoconductive cell is introduced here as a variable resistor in the bridge. The major advantage of adopting an active component such as photoconductive cell is that temperature compensation can be achieved by using any kind of temperature sensors, once the output of temperature sensor is given as a voltage. Thereby, the temperature compensation can be made automatically and intelligently by a computer software or a hardware device. Validation experiments using a photoconductive cell with a thermocouple-thermometer are conducted in the temperature range from 3$0^{\circ}C$ to 5$0^{\circ}C$ and the velocity ranges from 8 m/s to 18 m/s.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.307-313
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• 1997

비정질 실리콘에서의 photoconductive gain mechanism을 방사선 계측시 이용하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. p-i-n, n-i-n, n-i-p-i-n과 같은 여러 형태의 비정질 실리콘 계측기를 제작하고 시험하였다. Photoconductive gain은 두 가지의 시간적 범위에서 측정하였다. : 하나는 고에너지의 하전입자나 감마선의 통과를 모사하기 위해서 $1{\mu }$ sec 보다 짧은 가시광선 펄스를 사용하였고, 다른 하나는 의학영상에 사용되는 x-선을 모사하기 위하여 보다 긴 1msec 정도의 가시광선 펄스를 사용하였다. 두 가지의 photoconductive gain-current gain과 charge gain-을 정의하여 실험하였으며, charge gain은 current gain을 시간에 따라 적분한 값이다. 10 mA/$cm^2$의 dark current density level에서, 짧은 펄스에 대해서는 3~9정도의 charge gain을 얻을 수 있었고 긴 펄스에 대해서는 수백의 charge gain을 얻을 수 있었다. 여러 가지의 gain에 대한 결과를 계측기의 구조, 부가전압, dark current density와의 관계를 통하여 논의하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.457-460
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• 1997

The photoconductive gain mechanism in various types of hydrogenated amorphous silicon devices, such as p-i-n, n-i-n and n-i-p-i-n structures was investigated in connection with applications to radiation detection. We measured the photoconductive gain in two time scales: one for short pulses of visible light $(<1{\mu}sec)$ which simulate the transit of energetic charged particles, and the other for rather long pulses of light $(\sim1msec)$ which simulate x-ray exposure in medical imaging. We used two definitions of photoconductive gain: current gain and charge gain which is an integration of the current gain. We found typical charge gains of $3\sim9$ for short pulses and a few hundred for long pulses at a dark current density level of $10mA/cm^2$.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.3666-3675
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• 1996

A new hardware temperature compensation method for hot-wire anemometer is investigated and an analog compensating circuit is proposed in this article. A photoconductive cell is introduced here as a variable resistor in the anemometer bridge and the linearized output of a thermistor is used to monitor the input of the photoconductive cell. In contrast with the conventional method, any type of temperature sensor can be used for compensation if once the output of thermometer varies linearly with temperature. So the present technique can diversify the compensating means from a conventional passive compensating resistance to currently available thermometers. Because the resistance of a photoconductive cell can be set precisely by adopting a stabilizing circuit whose operation is based on the integration function of the operational amplifier, the accuracy of compensation can be enhanced. As an example of linearized thermometer, thermistor sensor whose output is linearized by a series resistor was used to monitor the fluid temperature variation. Validation experiment is conducted in the temperature ranged from 30 deg. C to 60 deg. C and the velocity up to 40 m/s. It is found that the present technique can be adopted as a compensating circuit for anemometer and hot-wire type airflow meter.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2001년도 제12회 정기총회 및 01년도 동계학술발표회
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• pp.206-207
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• 2001

The photorefractive (PR) effect in liquid crystals sandwiched between photoconductive polymer layers was first studied by Ono et al. They reported that the PR effect vanished at steady state If there were not insulating layers because no charge trapping occurred in the photoconductive poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) layers. However we observed a significant PR effect in the polymer layered liquid crystal (PLLC) system where a liquid crystal layer doped with fullerene is sandwiched between two photoconductive PVK layers. (omitted)

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1201-1208
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• 2001

Variable temperature anemometer(VTA) has greater sensitivity than a conventional constant temperature anemometer(CTA). In order to design a reliable VTA system, however, an elaborate photoconductive cell stabilizing circuit which plays a key role in setting wire-overheat ratio should be firstly developed. In this study, a stabilizing circuit which adopts proportional-integral analog controller was proposed and thoroughly tested for its accuracy and reproducibility. In contrast to the available circuit suggested by Takagi, the present circuit has characteristic that the resistance of a photoconductive cell increases with the increase of input voltage, which makes the current circuit very suitable for the design of VTA. Finally, VTA adopting stabilizing circuit was made and the enhanced sensitivity of the VTA was validated experimentally by comparing the calibration curves of VTA and CTA.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표대회 및 제14회 신소재 심포지엄
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• pp.28.2-28.2
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• 2008

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1202-1202
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• 2001

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.286-292
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• 2005

Terahertz wave is a kind of electromagnetic radiation whose frequency lies in 0.1THz $\~$10THz range. In this paper, generation and detection characteristics of terahertz (THz) radiation by photoconductive antenna (PCA) method has been described. Using modern integrated circuit techniques, micron-sized dipole antenna has been fabricated on a low-temperature grown GaAs (LT-GaAs) wafer. A mode-locked Ti:Sapphire femtosecond laser beam is guided and focused onto photoconductive antennas (emitter and detector) to generate and measure THz pulses. Ultra-wide band THz radiation with frequencies between 0.1 THz and 3 THz was observed. Terahertz field amplitude variation with antenna bias voltage, pump laser power, pump laser wavelength and probe laser power was investigated. As a primary application example. a live clover leaf was imaged with the terahertz radiation.