• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.340-351
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• 2010

전기적인 장치를 기반으로 한 테라헤르츠 송신기(Terahertz Transmitter: Tx)를 이용하여 0.34 THz의 전자기파를 발생시키는 소형 CW sub-THz 이미징 시스템을 제시하였다. Tx에 의해 발생된 0.34 THz의 전자기파는 테라 헤르츠 수신기(Terahertz Receiver: Rx)를 이용하여 샘플의 진폭(magnitude)과 위상(phase) 정보를 각각 측정하였다. 이 논문에서는 보다 좋은 이미지 해상도를 얻기 위하여 데이터 수집 시 이미지의 분해능(resolution)에 영향을 미치는 주사 스테이지(scanning stage)의 시간 지연과 스텝 거리를 변수로 두어 다양한 샘플들을 주사하여 그 결과를 측정, 비교하였다. 또한 플라스틱, 종이, 나무 등 다양한 샘플들의 이미징 측정을 통해 테라헤르츠 파의 응용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2017

Terahertz waves are superior to conventional X-ray or Magnetic Resonance Tomography(MRI), and the amount of information that can be transmitted is as large as thousands of times that conventional X-ray or MRI. In addition, Terahertz waves have great performance in analyzing an object which have some layered structure. By using this advantage, we can extract the letters of a page by analyzing information such as absorption amount and reflection amount by irradiating a closed book with pulses of various frequencies within gap of a terahertz wave. However, in the image of each page using the Terahertz wave might be obtained various kinds of noise and the different character occlusion region. So, to extract letters from the terahertz image, we must take the noise and occlusion region away. We have been working to enhancement the image quality in various ways, and keep on studying de-noising processing for enhancement about the image quality and high resolution. Finally, we also keep on studying about OCR(Optical Character Recognition) technology, which based on pattern matching technique, to read letters.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.31-43
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• 2020

The feasibility of the application of terahertz electromagnetic waves in the diagnosis of prostate cancer was examined. Four samples of incomplete cancerous prostatic paraffin-embedded tissues were examined using terahertz spectral imaging (TPI) system and the results obtained by comparing the absorption coefficient and refractive index of prostate tumor, normal prostate tissue and smooth muscle from one of the paraffin tissue masses examined were reported. Three hundred and sixty cases of absorption coefficients from one of the paraffin tissues examined were used as raw data to classify these three tissues using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LS-SVM). An excellent classification with an accuracy of 92.22% in the prediction set was achieved. Using the distribution information of THz reflection signal intensity from sample surface and absorption coefficient of the sample, an attempt was made to use the TPI system to identify the boundaries of the different tissues involved (prostate tumors, normal and smooth muscles). The location of three identified regions in the terahertz images (frequency domain slice absorption coefficient imaging, 1.2 THz) were compared with those obtained from the histopathologic examination. The tissue tumor region had a distinctively visible color and could well be distinguished from other tissue regions in terahertz images. Results indicate that a THz spectroscopy imaging system can be efficiently used in conjunction with the proposed advanced computer-based mathematical analysis method to identify tumor regions in the paraffin tissue mass of prostate cancer.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.352-358
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• 2010

전기적인 장치를 기반으로 한 테라헤르츠 송신기(terahertz transmitter; Tx)를 이용하여 0.34 THz의 전자기파를 발생시키는 소형 CW sub-THz 이미징 시스템을 제시하였다. Tx에 의해 발생된 0.34 THz의 전자기파를 point by point 스캔방식으로 샘플에 투과시켰고, 여기서 얻어진 데이터는 테라헤르츠 수신기(terahertz receiver; Rx)를 이용하여 진폭(magnitude)과 위상(phase) 정보로 측정한 후 이를 영상화하였다. 이 논문에서는 보다 좋은 이미지 해상도를 얻기 위하여 데이터 수집 시 이미지의 분해능(resolution)에 영향을 미치는 주사 스테이지(scanning stage)의 시간지연과 스텝거리를 변수로 두어 다양한 샘플들을 주사하여 그 결과를 측정, 비교하였다. 또한 플라스틱, 종이, 나무 등 다양한 샘플들의 이미징 측정을 통해 테라헤르츠 파의 응용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.411-416
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• 2006

A new method on the evaluation of insulation oil was proposed. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) was applied to investigate the properties of the insulating oil. For the diagnostics of oil degradation, three kinds of oils have been analyzed by THz-TDS. The degraded oil showed different optical and electrical constants compared with a new one. Generally, the power absorption coefficient, the refractive index, the dielectric constant and loss $tan{\delta}$ of the oil increase as the aging of insulating oil proceed. And the characteristics of two kind of insulation oil, 1-4 and 7-4, was compared in terahertz spectral region. Difference in refractive index and complex dielectric constant has been observed between the samples. The results of this study suggest that THz-TDS is a promising new means for evaluating degradation and identification of insulating oil.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.398-402
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• 2009

We present a method of using one-dimensional dielectric multilayer structures for designing terahertz frequency spreading filters. The interference of terahertz pulses in these structures composed of alternating weak and strong refractive materials allows design of well-separated THz frequency components within a modulation-limited THz spectral envelope. The design characteristics of these coarse THz combs are limited by the saturation effect and also by the deformation of the THz pulse time-traveling within the structure. The details of the designed THz waveform synthesis from these THz multilayer spectral filters are verified by experiments using time-domain terahertz pulsed spectroscopy.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2022

We propose a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a slotted porous core and elliptical-hole cladding, for high birefringence in the terahertz regime. Asymmetry in the guided mode is obtained mainly by using arrays of elliptical air holes in the TOPAS^® polymer cladding. We investigate the tradeoff between several structural parameters and find optimized values that can have a high birefringence while satisfying the single-mode condition. The optical properties in the terahertz regime are thoroughly analyzed in numerical simulations, using a full-vector finite-element method with the perfectly-matched-layer condition. In an optimal design, the proposed photonic crystal fiber shows a high birefringence of 8.80 × 10^-2 and an effective material loss of 0.07 cm^-1 at a frequency of 1 THz, satisfying the single-mode-guidance condition at the same time. The proposed PCF would be useful for various polarization-management applications in the terahertz range.

• 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.

• 정보와 통신
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2011

300~3000GHz(현 시점에서 TeraHz 대역으로 분류함) 범위의 무선 근거리 개인 영역 통신 (WPAN) 에서 20~40Gbps급 데이터 통신을 가능하게 하는 국제 표준화가 현재 IEEE802.15 그룹에서 진행 중이다. 본 논문에서는 주파수 할당과 관련하여, 비허가 주파수 대역의 이용 가능성 여부 및 시기 등에 대하여 지난 수년간 ITU에서 발표된 Tera 대역문서들 중심으로 요약하였고, Tera 대역 물리계층 요소 기술인 저전력 빔포밍 기술을 이용하여 전파의 직진성 및 거리에 따른 전력 감쇄 등을 극복하기 위한 기법을 소개한다. 또한 지향성 안테나 기반의 MAC, 타 통신기술과의 공존 문제, 그리고 상위 응용 계층을 위한 최적화의 관점에서 MAC 계층 주요 논의점에 대하여 언급하며 마지막으로 Tera 대역에서 동작하는 전자소자의 발전추세에 대하여 소개한다. 향후 약 5년 후에 표준화가 완성될 것으로 예상되는 시점에서, 본 논문이 국내의 통신 관련 연구자에게 초고속 데이터 통신을 가능하게 할 Tera 대역 WPAN시스템을 이해하고 동향을 파악하는데 유용한 자료로서 활용될 것을 기대한다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.311-316
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• 2018

An antenna-coupled bolometer-type terahertz sensor was designed, fabricated, evaluated, and utilized to obtain terahertz transmission images. The sensor consists of a thin film bowtie antenna that resonates accordingly in response to an incident terahertz beam, a heater that converts the applied current in the antenna into heat, and a microbolometer that converts the rise in temperature into a change in resistance. The device is fabricated by a bulk micromachining process on a 4-inch silicon wafer. The fabricated sensor chip has a size of $2{\times}2mm$ and an active area of $0.1{\times}0.1mm^2$. The temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of the bolometer film (VOx) is 2.0%, which is acceptable for bolometer applications. The output sensor signal is proportional to the power of the incident terahertz beam. Transmission images were obtained with a 2-axis scanning imaging system that contained the sensor. The small active area of the sensor will enable the development of highly sensitive focal plane array sensors in terahertz imaging cameras in the future.