• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07e
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• pp.1807-1809
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• 1997

The salt contamination on the surface of the porcelain insulators used electric power systems causes flash-over accidents. Therefore the quantity of salt contamination should be monitored not to exceed a limit. In this study, we tried laser aided measurement of salt contamination. The Nd:YAG laser beam was focused on the surface of the porcelain insulators which were artificially contaminated, and we detected the D-Line (${\cong}589nm$) of spontaneous emission from the excited sodium atoms with a PMT and an oscilloscope. And we deduced the relation between the detected signals and degree of salt contamination.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.151-155
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• 2011

The iron oxide particles could be resulted from the corrosion of the circulating water system of a power plant. Because it may be one of the trouble materials which affect the power generation efficiency due to the deposition on steam generator tube and turbine blade, the continuous observation of its concentration is very important. The laser induced break-down detection (LIBD) technology was applied to monitor continuously the concentration of corrosion products with the detection limit of ppb level. The measurement system consists of a Nd:YAG pulsed laser, a polarizing beam splitter, a flow-type sample cell, an acoustic emission sensor, a high speed data acquisition board, a personal computer, etc.. The performance test results confirmed that this technology can be effective to monitor the corrosion product concentration of the circulating water system of a power plant.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.1005-1011
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• 1991

Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films were in-situ fabricated on LaAlO3(100) substrates using the second harmonics of a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. Thin films were deposited under 200 (mtorr) of oxygen atmosphere, when the substrate temperature was changed between 67$0^{\circ}C$ and 82$0^{\circ}C$. After deposition, the films were in-situ annealed at 50$0^{\circ}C$ under 2/3 bar of oxygen pressure. We showed that the deposition temperature affects the formation of superconducting phase, the resistance, and the surface morphology. The Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films deposited at 76$0^{\circ}C$ show the zero resistance critical temperature of 85 K.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.828-830
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• 2000

Various substrates were compared for the investigation of the optical properties of ZnO thin films. ZnO thin films have been deposited on (100) p-type silicon substrates and (001) sapphire substrates by pulsed laser deposition technique using a Nd:YAG laser with the wavelength of 355 nm. Oxygen and nitrogen gases were used as ambient gases. Substrate temperatures were varied in the range of 200$^{\circ}C$ to 600$^{\circ}C$ at a fixed ambient gas pressure of 350 mTorr. ZnO films have been deposited on various substrates, such as Si and sapphire wafers. We have investigated substrate effect on the optical and structural properties of ZnO thin films using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL).

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.236-239
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• 2002

Si nanocrystallites thin films on P-type (100) Si substrate have been fabricated by pulsed laser deposition using a Nd:YAG laser. After deposition, samples were annealed in several environmental gases ;It the temperature range of 400 to $800^{\circ}C$ Hydrogen passivation was then performed in the forming gas (95 % $N_2$ + 5 % $H_2$) for 1 hr. Strong violet-indigo photoluminescence has been observed at room temperature on nitrogen ambient-annealed Si nanocrystallites. We report the variation of photoluminescence (PL) properties of Si thin films by changing annealing temperatures and by using hydrogen passivation. The results could suggest that the origin of violet-indigo PL should be related to the Quantum size effect of Si nanocrystallite.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.54-57
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• 2004

ZnO thin films on (001) sapphire substrates have been deposited by pulsed laser deposition(PLD) technique using an Nd:YAG laser with a wavelength of 266 m. During deposition, the experiment of the deposition of ZnO thin films has been performed for substrate temperatures in the range of $400^{\circ}C$ and flow rate of 350 sccm, films have been annealed at various substrate temperatures after deposition. After post-annealing treatment in the oxygen ambient, the structural properties of ZnO thin films were characterized by diffraction (XRD), SEM and the optical of the ZnO were characterized by photoluminescence (PL).

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.95-98
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• 1999

ZnO thin films on (001) sapphire substrates have been deposited by pulsed laser deposition technique using a Nd:YAG laser with the wavelength of 355 nm. In order to investigate the effect of the deposition conditions on the properties of ZnO thin films at an oxygen pressure of 350 mTorr, the experiment has been Performed at various substrate temperatures in the range of 20$0^{\circ}C$ to $700^{\circ}C$. According to XRD, (002) textured ZnO films of high crystalline quality have been obtained and the intensity of UV emission was the highest at 40$0^{\circ}C$ substrate temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.9
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• pp.64-71
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• 2009

Recently as ultrasonic medical devices are gradually developed, many of those require smaller and more precision coaxial cables in the probe. So, the use of micro coaxial cable becomes an efficient solution for ultrasonic machine. However, there are many difficulties in stripping micro coaxial cable by traditional mechanical process. In this paper we use the Nd:YAG laser for the efficient striping of conduct wire of cable. Through some experiments, we found that there is a new possibility in the proposed method. Also, we propose a pre-process of the cable before stripping in order to enhance the performance.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.5-9
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• 1999

We demonstrate a windmill type rotation of combined Mie particles caused by the evanescent field generated at the surface of a Gadolinium Gallium Garnet prism where a linearly polarized Nd:YAG laser beam (of wavelength 532 nm and power 100 mW) is totally reflected. The combined particles (e.g., doublets, triplets or quadruplets) consisting of polystyrene latex (or yeast) spheres with diameters of 3~5 m are reported to rotate at 0.1~1 rpm in water when the particles are slightly displaced from the center of the evanescent field.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.210-215
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• 1998

본 연구는 핫셀(Hot-cell)에서의 활용을 전제로 핵연료 봉단용접기술로 개발되고 있는 래이저(Laser) 용접기술을 핵연료봉 퍼복재인 Zircaloy-4에 적용하여 그 용접성에 대한 기초적 특성을 분석하고, 관련 용접변수들의 용접성에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 사용된 용접기는 평균출력 150W급인 펄스형 Nd:YAG 레이저 용접기였으며, 보호가스 (shielding gas) 종류와 유량(flow rate), 용접속도(travel speed), 초점위치(focus position), 빔 파워(beam power), 시편의 표면거칠기(specimen surface roughness) 등의 용접변수가 용입 깊이와 용접비드 폭, 기계적 특성, 그리고 용접결함에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 그 결과 용접변수로 범 파워 125W이상, 초점위치 2mm, 그리고 보호가스로는 He가스가 적절하였으며, 시편의 표면거칠기가 거칠수록 용입깊이가 깊었다. 본 연구를 통해 핵연료봉 피복재 Zircaloy-4의 레이저 용접시 신뢰성 있는 용접조건을 확립하기 위한 기초자료를 얻을 수 있었다.