• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.282-285
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• 2016

Background: To optimize the photon transmission efficiency of light guides used in scintillation detectors, LightTools code, which can construct and track light, was used to analyze photon transmission effectiveness with respect to light guides thickness. Materials and Methods: This analysis was carried out using the commercial light guide, N-BK 7 Optical Glass by SCHOTT, as a model for this study. The luminous exitance characteristic of the LYSO scintillator was used to analyze the photon transmission effectiveness according to the thickness of the light guide. Results and Discussion: The results of the simulations showed the effectiveness of the photon transmission according to the thickness of the light guide, which was found to be distributed from 13.38% to 33.57%. In addition, the photon transmission efficiency was found to be the highest for light guides of 4 mm of thickness and a receiving angle of $49^{\circ}$. Conclusion: Through such simulations, it is confirmed that photon transmission efficiency depends on light guide thickness and subsequent changes in the internal angle of reflection. The aim is to produce an actual light guide based on these results and to evaluate its performance.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.275-286
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• 2005

InGaN LED에서 칩 구조 및 칩마운트 구조에 따른 광추출효율의 변화를 Monte Calo 기법을 이용하여 해석하였다. Simulation을 통해 얻은 중요한 결론의 하나는, InGaAlP 또는 InGaN/SiC LED의 경우에서는 달리, InGaN/sapphire LED의 경우 칩의 측 벽면 기울임 기법의 광추출효율 개선효과가 상대적으로 미미하다는 점이다. InGaN/SiC LED의 경우와는 달리, 기판으로 사용되는 sapphire의 굴절률이 상대적으로 작아서 생성된 광자들이 기판으로 넘어가는데 전반사장벽을 만나게 되어, 많은 광자들이 기판으로 넘어가지 못하고 두께가 매우 얇은 반도체 결정층에 갇히는 현상 때문이다. 동일한 현상은 epi-down 구조의 칩 마운트에서 광추출효율이 크게 개선되지 못하는 원인으로도 작용하게 된다. 광추출효율 관점에서의 epi-down 구조의 InGaN/sapphire LED가 갖고 있는 잠재력을 살리기 위한 방법의 하나는 기판-에피택시 계면을 texturing 하는 것이라고 할 수 있는데, 이 경우 생성된 광자들이 다량기판으로 넘어갈 수 있게 되어 광추출효율이 현저하게 개선된다.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2001년도 제12회 정기총회 및 01년도 동계학술발표회
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• pp.228-229
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• 2001

Electroluminescent polymers have attracted considerable attention due to possible applications as large-area light-emitting displays. There have been many efforts to improve the electroluminescent efficiency. To design the polymer with high efficiency, it is necessary to understand the luminescent mechanism. In this report, we have investigated two-photon absorption(2PA) characteristics of highly efficient electroluminescent polymer using various techniques such as nonlinear transmission, 2PA-induced photoluminescence(2PA-PL) and 2PA-induced photoconductivity(2PA-PC). (omitted)

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.1784-1788
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 신호에 따라 신호의 크기를 변조시키는 온-오프 키잉(on-off keying) 전송을 방식을 적용한 광전송시스템에서의 표준에러확률을 유지하기 위한 조건에 대하여 고찰하였다. 광전송시스템에서 광검출기가 1 이하의 양자효율을 갖는 경우를 고려하여 온-오프 키잉 전송시에 수신기의 수신 감도를 계산하였다. $BT$가 30이상인 경우 표준에러확률을 유지하기 위한 광자수가 10000이하로 계산되어 $BT$가 적은 경우에 비해서 저출력 시스템을 구성할 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 수신단에 전치증폭기를 설치한 경우에 대해서도 고려하여 적은 출력을 갖는 광원을 사용해도 무방하다는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2006

With the advent of inexpensive computing power over the past two decades, applications of Monte Carlo radiation transport techniques have proliferated dramatically. At Los Alamos, the Monte Carlo codes MCNP5 and MCNPX are used routinely on personal computer platforms for radiation shielding analysis and dosimetry calculations. These codes feature a rich palette of variance reduction (VR) techniques. The motivation of VR is to exchange user efficiency for computational efficiency. It has been said that a few hours of user time often reduces computational time by several orders of magnitude. Unfortunately, user time can stretch into the many hours as most VR techniques require significant user experience and intervention for proper optimization. It is the purpose of this paper to outline VR strategies, tested in practice, optimized for several common radiation shielding tasks, with the hope of reducing user setup time for similar problems. A strategy is defined in this context to mean a collection of MCNP radiation transport physics options and VR techniques that work synergistically to optimize a particular shielding task. Examples are offered in the areas of source definition, skyshine, streaming, and transmission.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.467.1-467.1
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• 2014

Quantum dots (QD) solar cells has received considerable attention due to their potential of improving the overall conversion efficiency by harvesting excess energy via multiple excitons generation (MEG). Although there have been many reports which show MEG phenomena by using optical measurement of quantum dots themselves, carrier multiplication in real QD photovoltaic devices has been sparsely reported due to difficulty in dissociation of excitons and charge collection. In this reports, heterojunction QD solar cells composed of PbS QD monolayer on highly crystalline $TiO_2$ thin films were fabricated by using Langmuir-Blodgett deposition technique to significantly reduce charge recombination at the interfaces between each QD. The PbS CQDs monolayer was characterized by using UV-vis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The internal quantum efficiency (IQE) for the monolayer QD solar cells was obtained by measurement of external quantum efficiency and determining light absorption efficiency of active layer. Carrier multiplication was observed by measuring IQE greater than 100% over threshold photon energy. Our findings demonstrate that monolayer QD solar cell structure is potentially capable of realizing highly efficient solar cells based on carrier multiplication.

• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1381-1387
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• 2018

One dimensional (1D) grating has been fabricated (using focused ion beam) on 50 nm gold (Au) film deposited on higher refractive index Gallium phosphate (GaP) substrate. The sub-wavelength periodic metal nano structuring enable to couple photon to couple with the surface plasmons (SPs) excited by them. These grating devices provide the efficient control on the SPs which propagate on the interface of noble metal and dielectric whose frequency is dependent on the bulk electron plasma frequency of the metal. For a fixed periodicity (${\Lambda}=700 nm$) and slit width (w = 100 nm) in the grating device, the efficiency of SPP excitation is about 40% compared to the transmission in the near-field. Efficient coupling of SPs with photon in dielectric provide field localisation on sub-wavelength scale which is needed in Heat Assisted Magnetic recording (HAMR) systems. The GaP is also used to emulate Vertical Cavity Surface emitting laser (VCSEL) in order to provide cheaper alternative of light source being used in HAMR technology. In order to understand the underlying physics, far-and near-field results has been compared with the modelling results which are obtained using COMSOL RF module. Apart from this, grating devices of smaller periodicity (${\Lambda}=280nm$) and slit width (w = 22 nm) has been fabricated on GaP substrate which is photoluminescence material to observe amplified spontaneous emission of the SPs at wavelength of 805 nm when the grating device was excited with 532 nm laser light. This observation is unique and can have direct application in light emitting diodes (LEDs).

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.163-168
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• 2003

광의 세기에 따라 눈의 시감효율은 추상체와 간상체에 의해 파장에 따라 2개의 함수로 이루어진다. 광자에 대한 추상체-간상체의 반응확률을 이용하여 $P{\lambda}=A{\cdot}e^{-({\lambda}-{\lambda}_u)^2/2W^2}$의 분포함수 수식을 유도하였다. 이 식은 파장에 따른 CIE의 눈의 시감효율 곡선에 잘 적용되었다. 눈앞에 렌즈가 있는 경우 시감도는 보정 되어야 한다. 렌즈를 투과할 광은 흡수 파장에 의존하고, 최종 시감도는 추정방법은 시감도와 렌즈의 투과율 세기의 곱으로 표현된다. $$Pf({\lambda})=T({\lambda}){\cdot}P({\lambda})$$. 브라운 칼라 렌즈에 대해 시감도인 photopic과 scotopic 적용하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.2909-2912
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• 2010

Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (${\mu}c$-Si:H) thin film for solar cells is prepared by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and physical properties of the ${\mu}c$-Si:H p-layer has been investigated. With respect to stable efficiency, this film is expected to surpass the performance of conventional amorphous silicon based solar cells and very soon be a close competitor to other thin film photovoltaic materials. Silicon in various structural forms has a direct effect on the efficiency of solar cell devices with different electron mobility and photon conversion. A Raman microscope is adopted to study the degree of crystallinity of Si film by analyzing the integrated intensity peaks at 480, 510 and $520\;cm^{-1}$, which corresponds to the amorphous phase (a-Si:H), microcrystalline (${\mu}c$-Si:H) and large crystals (c-Si), respectively. The crystal volume fraction is calculated from the ratio of the crystalline and the amorphous phase. The results are compared with high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) for the determination of crystallinity factor. Optical properties such as refractive index, extinction coefficient, and band gap are studied with reflectance spectra.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.860-866
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• 2019

The lead element or its salts are good radiation shielding materials. However, their toxic effects are high. Due to less toxicity of bismuth salts, the radiation shielding properties of the bismuth salts have been investigated and compared to that of lead salts to establish them as a better alternative to radiation shielding material to the lead element or its salts. The transmission geometry was utilized to measure the mass attenuation coefficient (${\mu}/{\rho}$) of different salts containing lead and bismuth using a high-resolution HPGe detector and different energies (between 81 and 1333 keV) emitted from point sources of $^{133}Ba$, $^{57}Co$, $^{22}Na$, $^{54}Mn$, $^{137}Cs$, and $^{60}Co$. The experimental ${\mu}/{\rho}$ results are compared with the theoretical values obtained through WinXCOM program. The theoretical calculations are in good agreement with their experimental ones. The radiation protection efficiencies, mean free paths, effective atomic numbers and electron densities for the present compounds were determined. The bismuth fluoride ($BiF_3$) is found to have maximum radiation protection efficiency among the selected salts. The results showed that present salts are more effective for reducing the intensity of gamma photons at low energy region.