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Phase Stability of Laser-ablated $SmBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y}$ thin Films Investigated by Raman Scattering Spectroscopy

  • Kim, G.;Jeong, A.R.;Jo, W.;Park, D.Y.;Cheong, H.;Tsukada, A.;Hammond, R.H.;Beasley, M.R.
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.141-146
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    • 2010
  • Phase stability diagram and boundary of a- and c-axis orientation of $SmBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y}$ (SmBCO) thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) were reported with studies based on x-ray diffraction [1]. Four different samples are systematically analyzed: normal c-axis oriented orthorhombic $SmBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y}$, a-axis oriented $SmBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y}$, c-axis oriented orthorhombic $SmBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y}$ with $Sm_2BaCuO_5$ phase, and a mixture with c-axis oriented orthorhombic $SmBa_2Cu_3O_{7-y}$ and anomalously long-c tetragonal $SmBa_2Cu_3O_x$. Raman scattering spectroscopy equipped with polarization analysis elucidates the crystal orientation and the origin of the growth of the materials. It indicates that the technique can be used for quality control of conductor manufacturing processes as well as for enhancement of the materials properties.

Morphological Properties and Target Strength Characteristics for dark banded rockfish (Sebastes inermis) (볼락의 형태학적 특징과 음향반사강도 특성)

  • Hwang, Bo-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.120-127
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    • 2015
  • Morphological properties of dark banded rockfish (Sebastes inermis) were analysed to investigate its acoustic scattering characteristics. Total of 18 live samples was prepared for X-ray photos and collected morphological coordinates of their body and swim bladder shapes. Kirchhoff-ray mode model was used to calculate acoustic scattering pattern for broad-band frequency range. Inclination of swim bladder ranged from 17 to 30 and the averaged value was about $25.2^{\circ}$ (S.D.(standard deviation)=3.15). There were no any tendency of increase or decrease in volume and area ratio of swim bladder to fish body and ranged from 2.2 % to 4.43 % and 14.85 % to 21.31 %, respectively. The averaged value of volume and area ratio was 3.13 % (S.D.=0.52) and 17.6 % (S.D.=1.5). $b_{20}$ values were -69.01 for 38 kHz, -69.83 for 70 kHz, -70.17 for 120 kHz and -70.93 for 200 kHz, recpectively. Broadband acoustic patterns of dark banded rockfish for 20 ~ 200 kHz were similar among samples and they reflected size and morphological properties of fish species.

Changes in the Orientation and Frequency Dependence of Target Strength due to Morphological Differences in the Fish Swim Bladder (어류 부레의 형태학적 차이에 따른 음향산란강도의 자세 및 주파수 의존성의 변화)

  • Lee, Dae-Jae
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.233-243
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    • 2015
  • Controlled broadband acoustic scattering laboratory experiments were conducted using a linear chirp signal (95-220 kHz), and x-ray images of live and model fish with an artificial swim bladder were analyzed to investigate the changes in orientation and frequency dependence of target strength (TS) due to morphological differences in fish swim bladders. The broadband echoes from live and model fish were measured over an orientation angle range of ${\pm}45^{\circ}$ in the dorsal plane and in approximately $1^{\circ}$ increments. The location of nulls in the simulated echo response of the SINC [sinc function] model was overlaid on the TS map, showing the orientation and frequency dependence of fish TS, and they matched very well. It was possible to infer the equivalent fish scattering size (or swim bladder) using the null spacing in the experimentally obtained broadband TS map. Good agreement was observed for inferring the equivalent scattering size between the SINC model and the broadband echoes measured for the three fish species (black scraper Thamnaconus modestus; goldeye rockfish Sebastes thompsoni; and whitesaddled reef fish Chromis notatus). Some results of this inference are discussed.

Analysis and Classification of Broadband Acoustic Echoes from Individual Live Fish using the Pulse Compression Technique (펄스압축기법을 이용한 활어 개체어에 대한 광대역 음향산란신호의 분석 및 식별)

  • Lee, Dae-Jae;Kang, Hee-Young;Kwak, Min Son
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.207-220
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    • 2015
  • This study identified the species-specific, frequency-dependent characteristics of broadband acoustic scattering that facilitate classifying fish species using the pulse compression (PC) technique. Controlled acoustic scattering laboratory experiments were conducted with nine commercially important fish species using linear chirp signals (95-220 kHz) over an orientation angle range of ${\pm}45^{\circ}$ in the dorsal plane at approximately $1^{\circ}$ increments. The results suggest that the angular-dependent characteristics of the broadband echoes and the frequency-dependent variability in target strength (TS) were useful for inferring the fish species of interest. The scattering patterns in the compressed pulse output were extremely complex due to morphological differences among fish species, but the x-ray images strongly suggested that spatial separation correlated well with scattering for the head, skeleton, bone, otoliths, and swim bladder within each specimen.

Nondestructive, Quantitative Synchrotron Grazing Incidence X-ray Scattering Analysis of Cylindrical Nanostructure in Supported Thin Films

  • Yoon, Jin-Hwan;Yang, Seung-Yun;Lee, Byeong-Du;Joo, Won-Chul;Heo, Kyu-Young;Kim, Jin-Kon;Ree, Moon-Hor
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.300-300
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    • 2006
  • Nondestructive nanostructural analysis is indispensable in the development of nano-materials and nano-fabrication processes for use in nanotechnology applications. In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time a quantitative, nondestructive analysis of nanostructured thin films supported on substrates and their templated nanopores by using grazing incidence X-ray scattering and data analysis with a derived scattering theory. Our analysis disclosed that vertically oriented nanodomain cylinders had formed in 20-100 nm thick films supported on substrates consisting of a mixture of poly(styrene-b-methyl methacrylate) (PS-b-PMMA) and PMMA homopolymer, and that the PMMA nanodomains were selectively etched out by ultraviolet light exposure and a subsequent rinse with acetic acid, resulting in a structure consisting of hexagonally packed cylindrical nanopores.

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Temperature-dependent Characteristics of Nucleation Layers for GaN Nanorods (질화갈륨 나노 막대 형성을 위한 핵화층의 성장 온도에 따른 물성 연구)

  • Lee Sang-Hwa;Choe Hyeok-Min;Kim Chin-Kyo
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.168-172
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    • 2006
  • GaN nucleation layers were grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) and the effect of growth temperature on the structural properties of GaN nucleation layers for nanorods was investigated by synchrotron x-ray scattering and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). For the samples grown at different temperatures, two-component rocking profiles of (002) GaN Bragg peaks for the GaN nucleation layers were observed with one very sharp and the other broad. It was shown that the two-component rocking profile could be qualitatively explained by surface morphology, which was in good agreement with AFM result, from which we could conclude that relatively low temperature is favorable for GaN nanorods formation.

Investigation of InN nanograins grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (수소 화물 기상 증착법을 이용한 InN 나노 알갱이 성장에 관한 연구)

  • Jean, Jai-Weon;Lee, Sang-Hwa;Kim, Chin-Kyo
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.479-482
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    • 2007
  • InN nanograins were directly grown on $0.3^{\circ}$-miscut (toward M-plane) c-plane sapphire substrates by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) and their growth characteristics were investigated by utilizing x-ray scattering. Depending on the various growth parameters, the formation of InN was sensitively influenced. Six samples were grown by changing HCl flow rate, the substrate temperature and Ga/In source zone temperature. All the samples were grown on unintentionally $NH_3-pretreated$ sapphire substrates. By increasing the flow rate of HCl from 10 sccm to 20 sccm, the formation of GaN grains with different orientations was observed. On the other hand, when the substrate temperature was raised from $680^{\circ}C$ to $760^{\circ}C$, the increased substrate temperature dramatically suppressed the formation of InN. A similar behavior was observed for the samples grown with different source zone temperatures. By decreasing the source zone temperature from $460^{\circ}C$ to $420^{\circ}C$, a similar behavior was observed.

Smectic Layer Reorientation Induced by AC Field

  • Song, Jun-Ho;Kim, Yong-Bae;Kumar, Satyendra;Souk, Jun-Hyung;Shin, Sung-Tae
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.415-418
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    • 2002
  • We have studied electro-optic properties and layer deformations in the smectic phases of 4-(6ethoxy-l-trifluoromethyl-hexyloxycarbonyl)-phenyl-4-Nonyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylat ( TFMEOHPNBC ) having fluorine attached to one of its benzene rings by electro-optical and small angle x-ray scattering techniques. 3 and 5${\mu}m$ thick test cells were prepared using beryllium plates to minimize x-ray beam absorption. Layer structure and orientation was studied while changing the amplitude and frequency of the applied electric field as a function of cell temperature. We observed that the chevron layer tilt angle is reduced and layer spacing is increased as stabilizing in antiferroelectric phase. This result is extraordinary that there is dimerization in antiferroelectric phase. We also found that there is a threshold electric field that changes the chevron structure to bookshelf structure. This threshold electric field depends on the frequency and temperature as shown in Fig.1. We will discuss the dynamics of layer orientation as determined from the x-ray, electro-optic and dielectric spectroscopy.

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On the Optical Characteristics of Solar X-Ray Telescopes: Possible Relation between Vignetting Effect and Mirror Scattering

  • Shin, Jun-Ho;Sakurai, Takashi
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.87.1-87.1
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    • 2011
  • Since early 90's, the solar X-ray telescopes such as Yohkoh SXT and Hinode XRT have observed coronal magnetic structures on the Sun's surface in the range of about $40'{\times}40'$ field-of-view (FOV) covering the full solar disk. Thus it has been stressed by the scientists that the optical structure of solar telescopes should be designed with care for improving the uniformity over a wide FOV. There would be, however, no unique solution in designing the optical system of a telescope for overcoming perfectly the problem of off-axis response variation. As a consequence, the correction of optical imperfectness of telescopes has become an important calibration step that should be performed beforehand when the observed images are to be used for photometric purposes. In particular, a special care should be taken when performing the temperature analysis with thin and thick filters for flaring activities observed at the periphery of the full FOV. From the analyses of both pre-launch calibration and in-flight observation data, the optical characteristics for describing the performance of solar X-ray telescopes, especially in view of their energy dependence, will be introduced and discussed in our presentation.

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Spectroscopic Study of the X-ray Dip at Pre-eclipse Phase of Hercules X-1

  • Choi, C.S.;Nagase, F.;Makino, F.;Dotani, T.;Min, K.W.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 1992.10a
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    • pp.21-21
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    • 1992
  • The X-ray binary pulsar Her X-1 was observed with Ginga on 1988 August 28 during the orbital phase of 0.76 to 0.85 at the main-on phase of the 35 day cycle. During the observations the X-ray intensity varied by a factor of five or more on a time scale as short as 30 sec, due mostly to the soft X-ray absorption in the pre-eclipse phase. From the studies of pulse profiles and energy spectra, we revealed that there exists in the dipphase an unpulsed component which is "3% of the intensity at the non-absorbed high-level. We suggest that scattering of the source continuum by the optically thin hot corona is responsible for the unpoised component. In the spectral analysis, we find that the high-state non-absorbed spectra can be fitted by a power-law without absorption, and the spectra observed in the different abgorption states by two components of a power-law with the same photon index. An iron-K emission line is required in to the cases of fitting. The estimated equivalent width of the iron line varies from 0.18 to 0.51 key according to the change in the absorption column density along the line of sight. We suggest that the fluorescent iron line arises in a cool and relatively small region, like the Alfvensur face, and may be partially intercepted by the optically thick gas cloud passing across the line of sight.1 Korea Astronomy Observatorya The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in Japan3 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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