• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.327-331
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• 2001

The Pohang Neutron Facility based on an electron linac was constructed in order to construct the infrastructure for nuclear data production in Korea. It consists of a 100-MeV electron linac, a water-cooled Ta target, and an 11-m time-of-flight path. We measured the time-of-flight path length, the neutron energy spectra for different water levels inside the moderator, and the neutron total cross sections of polyethylene and copper by the transmission method.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 제37회 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1552-1553
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• 2006

A thermionic gun of injector linac for pohang accelerator laboratory is required to generate beam pulse width less than 1 nsec. The gun uses cathode-grid assembly(EIMAC Y824) and operates up to 80 kV anode voltage. In order research characteristics of the electron gun, emission current from gun wear measured by the wall current monitor. In this paper the pulser system and characteristics of the emission current in region from 30 mA to 15 A are described.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1662-1664
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• 2003

An electron gun system for a nanosecond pulse linac has been built and tested. The gun grid is driven with a grid pulser, which consists of an avalanche transistor pulser and parallel triode amplifier. The amplifier is installed in an end hole of the electron gun and provided for power amplification and polarity change of the output pulses of the avalanche transistor pulser. An output pulse of 200 V and 2 ns FWHM was obtained by using the grid pulser of can type transistors. Measurements with a test bench show that the electron gun can deliver 2ns pulse with with currents larger than 3A.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.253.2-253.2
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• 2014

Micro hollow cathode discharges (MHCDs) are high-pressure, non-equilibrium discharges. Those MHCDs are useful to produce an excimer radiation. A major advantage of excimer sources is their high internal efficiency which may reach values up to 40% when operated under optimum conditions. To produce strong excimer radiation, the optimisation of the discharge conditions however needs a detailed knowledge of the properties of the discharge plasma itself. The electron density and temperature influence the excitation as well as plasma chemistry reactions and the gas temperature plays a major role as a significant energy loss process limiting efficiency of excimer radiation. Most of the recent spectroscopic investigations are focusing on the ultraviolet or vacuum ultraviolet range for direct detection of the excimer. In our experiments we have concentrated on investigating the micro hollow cathodes from the near UV to the near infrared (300~850 nm) to measure the basic plasma parameters using standard plasma diagnostic techniques such as stark broadening for electron density and the relative line intensity method for electron temperature. Finally, the neutral gas temperature was measured by means of the vibrational rotational structures of the second positive system of nitrogen.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2013

Skyshine은 고에너지 가속기의 차폐 설계 시 반드시 고려되는 중요한 현상이다. 본 연구에서는 고에너지 전자 가속기에 대한 중성자 skyshine 평가 방법을 새롭게 제시하였으며 기존의 방법들과 비교하여 타당성을 검증하였다. 고에너지 전자가속기로부터 원거리 지역의 방사선량을 계산하기 위해 몬테카를로 코드, FLUKA와 PHITS를 이용하였다. 가속기 건물로부터 원거리 지역까지 도달하는 방사선장의 경로를 skyshine, direct, groundshine, multiple-shine으로 분류하였다. 분류된 각각의 성분이 총 유효선량에 기여하는 정도를 평가하였다. 방사선원 계산에는 10 GeV 전자가 두꺼운 표적에 입사하여 생성되는 중성자를 고려하였다. Groundshine 효과를 평가하기위해 PAL-XFEL의 건설부지토양에 대한 성분을 고려하였다. 가속기 건물로부터 비교적 가까운 50 m 미만에서는 direct와 groundshine 성분들이 총 유효선량에 대부분 기여하였다. 가속기 터널로부터 거리가 멀어질수록 skyshine 성분의 기여도가 증가하였다. 평가된 skyshine 성분에 대한 유효선량은 기존에 skyshine 선량을 계산할 때 사용되었던 반실험식 중 전자가속기를 이용한 실험결과에 기반한 Rindi의 식과 가장 잘 일치하였다. 간이계산코드 SHINE3의 결과와 20% 이내로 일치하였다. 모든 성분이 포함된 총 유효선량은 기존의 평가방식에 비해 10배 정도 크게 평가되었다. 가속기 터널로부터 원거리 지역에 대한 선량평가계산에서 mutiple-shine 성분의 영향은 skyshine 성분보다 더 크다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.447-456
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• 2005

Laser driven accelerators promise to provide an alternative to conventional accelerator technology. They rely on the excitation of large amplitude density waves in a plasma by the photon pressure of an intense laser. The density oscillations in which electrons and ions are separated, result in extremely large longitudinal electric fields that can be several orders of magnitude larger than those that are used in today's radio-frequency accelerators. Whereas this principle had been demonstrated experimentally for nearly two decades, it was not until 2004 that the production of high quality electron beams around 100 MeV was demonstrated. Analysis, aided by particle-in-cell simulations, as well as experiments with various plasma lengths and densities, indicate that tailoring the length of the accelerator, together with loading of the accelerating structure with beam, are the keys to production of mono-energetic electron beams. Increasing the energy towards a GeV and beyond will require reducing the plasma density and design criteria are discussed for an optimized accelerator module. The current progress and future directions are summarized through comparison with conventional accelerators, highlighting the unique short and long term prospects for intense radiation sources and high energy accelerators based on laser-drivenplasma accelerators.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2018

Background: Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is the most accurate for calculating radiation dose distribution and determining patient dose. In MC simulations of the therapeutic accelerator, the characteristics of the initial electron must be precisely determined in order to achieve accurate simulations. However, It has been computation-, labor-, and time-intensive to predict the beam characteristics through predominantly empirical approach. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between electron beam parameters and dose distribution, with the goal of simplifying the MC commissioning process. Materials and Methods: The Varian Clinac 2300 IX machine was modeled with the Geant4 MC-toolkit. The percent depth dose (PDD) and lateral beam profiles were assessed according to initial electron beam parameters of mean energy, radial intensity distribution, and energy distribution. Results and Discussion: The PDD values increased on average by 4.36% when the mean energy increased from 5.6 MeV to 6.4 MeV. The PDD was also increased by 2.77% when the energy spread increased from 0 MeV to 1.019 MeV. In the lateral dose profile, increasing the beam radial width from 0 mm to 4 mm at the full width at half maximum resulted in a dose decrease of 8.42% on the average. The profile also decreased by 4.81% when the mean energy was increased from 5.6 MeV to 6.4 MeV. Of all tested parameters, electron mean energy had the greatest influence on dose distribution. The PDD and profile were calculated using parameters optimized and compared with the golden beam data. The maximum dose difference was assessed as less than 2%. Conclusion: The relationship between the initial electron and treatment beam quality investigated in this study can be used in Monte Carlo commissioning of medical linear accelerator model.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2002년도 하계학술발표회
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• pp.240-241
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• 2002

Propagation of an intense laser pulse through fully ionized plasma has been an interesting topic in many fields. It includes laser-driven electron accelerators,(1) generation of high harmonics,(2) soft x-ray laser development(3) and so on. Specifically, in the application of laser-driven electron accelerators a large laser-plasma interaction length is required to get sufficient acceleration energy of electron. (omitted)

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1995년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1391-1393
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• 1995

An electron gun system for the Pohang Light Source has been installed and operated successfully. The basic design parameters are acceleration voltage of 80 kV, maximum peak emission current of 5 A, minimum pulse width of 1 ns, and maximum repetition rate of 100 Hz. The gun has a triode structure and is composed of a cathode, a focusing electrode(Wehnelt), and an anode. To sustain a $5{\times}10^{-9}$Torr vacuum, a $230{\ell}/s$ Ion pump has been adopted. We adopted a control and monitoring system based on the fiber-optic technology. In this article, we present the structure and operation principle of the system with special interest on the nanosecond pulser, remote control and monitoring system.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 제36회 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1530-1533
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• 2005

Total 12 units of high power klystron-modulator systems as microwave source is under operation for 2.5-GeV electron linear accelerator in Pohang Light Source(PLS) linac. RF power and beam power of klystron are precisely measured for the effective control of electron beam. A precise measurement and measurement equipment with good response characteristics are required for this. Input power of klystron is calculated from the applied voltage and the current on its cathode. Tiny measurement error severely effects RF output power value of klystron. Therefore, special care is needed to measure precise beam voltage. Capacitive voltage divider(CVD) unit is intended for the measurement of beam voltage of 400 kV generated from the pulsed klystron-modulator system. Main parameter to determine the standard capacitance in the high arm of CVD is dielectric constant of insulation oil. Therefore CVD should be designed to have a minimum capacitance variation due to voltage, frequency and temperature in the measurement range. This paper will discuss the analysis of capacitive voltage divider for a pulsed high-voltage measurement, and the empirical relations between capacitance and oil temperature variation.