• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.43 no.4 s.287
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• pp.259-263
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• 2006

The applicability of UPT (Ultrasound Pulse Thermography) for real-time defect detection of the ceramic heating plate is described. The ceramic heating plate with superior insulation and high radiation is used to control the water temperature in underwater environment. The underwater temperature control system can be damaged owing to the short circuit, which resulted from the defect of the ceramic heating plate. A high power ultrasonic energy with pulse duration of 280 ms was injected into the ceramic heating plate in the vertical direction. The ultrasound excited vibration energy sent into the component propagate inside the sample until they were converted to the heat in the vicinity of the defect. Therefore, an injection of the ultrasound pulse wave which results in heat generation, turns the defect into a local thermal wave transmitter. Its local emission is monitored and recorded via the thermal infrared camera at the surface which is processed by image recording system. Measurements were Performed on 4 kinds of samples, composed of 3 intact plates and the defect plate. The observed thermal image revealed two area of crack in the defective ceramic heating plate.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.226-234
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate the melting phenomenon of filler wire in detail and to obtain the precise temperature distribution of filler wire during GTA welding under the ultra-high welding speed condition in order to develop the ultra-high-speed GTA welding process with the pulse-heated hot-wire system by using three kinds of materials. The melting phenomenon of filler wire was observed using a high-speed camera and the temperature distribution of filler wire was measured using a radiation thermometer. From the above result, the adequate welding conditions of each material to make the GTA welding process with the ultra-high welding speed could be obtained. The ultra-high-speed GTA welding process needed the adequate wire current in order to obtain the adequate temperature distribution and the adequate melting position of filler wire. Moreover, the temperature distributions of three kinds of filler wire could be estimated by using the proposed simple estimation method.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.60-64
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• 2014

We report the generation of 3.3-mW single-cycle terahertz (THz) pulses at 1-kHz repetition rate via optical rectification in MgO-doped prism-cut stoichiometric LiNbO3. Efficient pulse-front tilting of 800-nm pulses was realized by an optimized single-lens focusing scheme for radially-symmetric propagation of THz beams. In this geometry, nearly-diffraction-limited THz Gaussian beams with electric field strength as high as 350 kV/cm were generated. The pump-to-THz energy conversion efficiency of $1.36{\times}10^{-3}$ and the extremely high signal-to-noise ratio of ~1:15000 achieved are among the best results for 1-kHz single-cycle terahertz pulse generation ever demonstrated in room temperature operation.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.4 s.19
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• pp.91-99
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• 2004

Laser materials for eyesafe wavelength generation and Q-switching crystals for short pulse operation were studied and compared with each other. Er,Yb:phosphate glass as a laser material and $Co^{2+}:MgA1_2O_4$ as a saturable absorber were found to be an effective pair for a compact, light-weight passively Q-switched eyesafe laser operation. Simplified rate equation was used to estimate pulse parameters of the diode-pumped passively Q-switched laser.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1698_1699
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• 2009

핵폭발 등에서 방출되는 과도펄스(Transient pulse) 형태의 방사선이 반도체 소자에 조사되면 소자 내부에서는 짧은 시간에 다량의 전하가 생성된다. 이 전하들이 일정방향으로 증폭된 광전류가 소자의 고장과 오동작을 유발하거나 극단적으로 소진(Burn out)되는 원인이 된다. 본 연구에서는 과도방사선 펄스가 입사하였을 때 pMOSFET 소자 내에 생성되는 전자 정공 쌍(EHP)으로 인해 형성되는 광전류가 소자의 방사선 피해로 나타나는 과정 및 영향을 연구하기 위해 반도체 공정 시뮬레이터를 이용해 전하들의 거동과 광전류 크기를 시뮬레이션하고, 전자가속기에서 실측시험을 병행하였다. 가속기 주변의 전자장을 인한 큰 잡음으로부터 가속기 펄스신호에 의해 pMOSFET에서 발생된 소신호의 광전류를 측정하기 위해서 정밀 신호처리 회로를 구성하였다. 시뮬레이션과 실측시험에서의 결과 비교/분석에서 두 광전류 파형은 유사한 형태를 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.217-222
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• 1999

In this study an objection, to be needed at public works, is to develop a measurement circuit of a gauage using radioisotope for compaction control. The developed gauage consists of measuring circuits for gamma-rays and thermal neutrons, a high voltage supply unit, and a microprocessor. To obtain meaningful numbers of pulse counts, parallel five and two circuits are provided for gamma-rays and thermal neutrons, respectively. Also, to minimize effects of natural environmental radiation and electrical noise, circuits are electrostatically shielded and pulses made by ripples are eliminated by taking frequency of high voltage supplied to the circuit and pulse height of ripples into consideration.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.1-4
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• 2001

Via terahertz (THz) reflection radar, the characterizations of reflected THz electromagnetic pulses are reported. Quasi-optical techniques are used to efficiently reflect pulses of THz electromagnetic radiation from an aluminum mirror and several conducting and nonconducting materials. An incident THz pulse is reflected up to 9 times to know the magnitude change of a reflected pulse from the aluminum mirror. Using this method, aluminum board, undoped silicon, quartz, and LDPE samples' reflection coefficient and index of refraction can be measured. These results suggest a possible application of transient THz reflection spectroscopy without surface contact.ontact.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.227-227
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• 1999

Plasma display panel(PDP) is a leading technology for large-area flat panel displays. A current issue in operating the PDP cell is that the efficiency of the PDP cell is very low. To increase the efficiency of the PDP cell, the visible light needs to be maximized and the power consumption minimized. Since the excited xenons are related to the production of the visible light, it is important to optimize the cell geometry and the gas composition that produce the excited xenons more efficiently. A 2D-fluid code (FL2P) is developed and used to simulate the plasma dynamics and the radiation transport in the PDP cell. The cell is optimized with the code for various operating conditions and cell dimensions such as the voltage pulse, electrode length, electrode spacing, gap size, dielectric constant, gas mixture ratio, pressure, and pulse duration.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.717-724
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• 2007

A measurement-based time-domain noise simulation of radiation detector-preamplifier (front-end) noise in nuclear spectroscopy is described. The time-domain noise simulation was performed by generating "noise random numbers" using Monte Carlo's inverse method. The probability of unpredictable noise was derived from the empirical cumulative distribution function via the sampled noise, which was measured from a preamplifier output. Results of the simulated noise were investigated as functions of time, frequency, and statistical domains. Noise behavior was evaluated using the signal wave-shaping function, and was compared with the actual noise. Similarities between the response characteristics of the simulated and the actual preamplifier output noises were found. The simulated noise and the computed nuclear pulse signal were also combined to generate a simulated preamplifier output signal. Such simulated output signals could be used in nuclear spectroscopy to determine energy resolution degradation from front-end noise effect.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07c
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• pp.2092-2094
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• 2000

As a next generation lithography (NGL) technology for VLSI semiconductor fabrication, electron beam, ion beam, X-ray and extreme ultraviolet(EUV) are considered as possible candidates. Among these methods, EUV lithography(EUVL) is thought to be the most probable because it is easily realized by improving current optical lithography technology. In order to set EUV radiation which can be applied to EUVL, it is essential to generate very high density and high temperature plasma stably. The method using a pulse power laser and a high voltage pulse discharge is commonly used to accomplish such a high density and high temperature plasma. In this paper we review the recent trends of the EUV generation technique by high density and high temperature plasma.