• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
• /
• 2010.06a
• /
• pp.186-186
• /
• 2010

The crack behavior in the ceramic Nd:YAG at a laser-diode end-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic laser was investigated. The fracture critical temperature difference of the ceramic Nd:YAG is about $355^{\circ}C$. The fracture of the 2 at% and the 4 at.% ceramic Nd:YAG occurred more than 14.9 W and 6.9 W pump powers, respectively, under lasing conditions.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 2008.02a
• /
• pp.333-334
• /
• 2008

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 2008.07a
• /
• pp.241-242
• /
• 2008

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
• /
• v.16 no.1
• /
• pp.53-56
• /
• 2012

We have developed a slab-type Nd:YAG gain module based on the techniques of conduction cooling and end pumping. The Nd:YAG slab is end-capped on both ends by undoped pure YAG and is pumped through the end-caps by stacked arrays of laser diode bars. The slab's surfaces of total internal reflection are in contact on both sides with microchannel cooling blocks which are cooled by water circulation. The power oscillator based on the gain module generates more than 400 W at 1-kW pumping with a slope efficiency of 55%. The small-signal gain of the gain module is 10 in a single zig-zag pass, and the amplified beam shows a near diffraction-limited beam quality.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
• /
• 2000.06a
• /
• pp.201-210
• /
• 2000

The noncontacting groove end face seal is one of various approaches to sealing gases with a single seal. Gas pumped into groove maintains operating gap and lubricates between primary ring and mating ring. So it removes heat and decreases face wear. In this paper, K-type and T-type grooved seals have been analyzed numerically using the finite element method. It explains the effects of groove shapes in gas seals along rotating speeds with a temperature gradient, face distortion, stress and so on. The calculated FEM results show the operating gap and rotating speed are strongly related to the leakages of a gas seal and that T-type groove seal shows a good thermal performance compared to K-type groove seal.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 1991.10b
• /
• pp.1899-1903
• /
• 1991

This paper presents a water level control method using Z-80 microcomputer. The process considered in this paper is one tank system which is described by an unknown nonlinear differential equation. The water level is measured by the end of bar installed at a float passing through 8 pair of photointerrupters located at equal distance. Therefore, the input data to 8255 which is interface between Z-80 and photointerrupters is discrete value, namely, value under 1. values from 1 to 8, and value upper 8. The water is pumped into the tank from a reservoir by switching on a relay connected to a moter and pump driving system. The pumping is stopped by switching off the relay. Experimental studies for two types of controllers are performed in order to investigate the control performance of water level of the water pumping system.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
• /
• v.6 no.1
• /
• pp.16-20
• /
• 1995

We have studied the spectral narrowing characteristics of the tunable Ti:sapphire laser pumped by the second harmonic generation of Nd:YAG laser. Ti:sapphire laser has uniform excitation distribution by both-side end pumping. We have controlled the angle of grating linearly and achieved the continuous selection of wavelength in the broad range from 705 to 835 nm. The output energy of $380{\mu}J$ at 790 nm. the spectral linewidth of $0.13cm_{-1}$ and the beam divergence of 1.2 mrad have been obtained. The wavelength range with power more than 50% of maximum output was 730-825 nm.825 nm.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
• /
• v.16 no.2
• /
• pp.146-151
• /
• 2005

We fabricated pyrromethene 597(PM597) solid-state dyes which were dissolved in PMMA(poly- methylmethacrylate) and characterized the lasing characteristics. The laser was end-pumped by a frequency doubled Q-switched Nd : YAG laser. We obtained the slope efficiency of $76\%$ at lasing wavelength of 585 nm. We demonstrated the laser lifetime to be more than 100,000 shots with output energy of 250 mJ and repetition rate of 4 Hz by adding singlet oxygen quencher DABCO(1,4-diazabicyclo [2,2,2]octane) to the solid-state dye.

• Proceedings of the KACD Conference
• /
• 2003.11a
• /
• pp.546.1-546
• /
• 2003

Laser doppler flowmeter (LDF) has been applied to the measurement of pulpal blood flow (PBF) in human teeth. As far as we searched, the detection area of the pulp in the blood flow measurement has not been clarified, yet. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to obtain information of the detection area in PBF measurement using LDF. The experiments were performed on the artificial blood circulation in extracted human upper central incisors. The apical portions of examined teeth (n=6) were severed and root canals were enlarged from the apical end to the 2mm incisal to the level of enamel-cement junction. An individual resin cap of each tooth was prepared and a hole was drilled 2mm incisal to enamel-cement junction of the labial side of the cap. The measurement probe of LDF (MBF3D, Moor Instrument, UK) was plugged into the hole of the cap. Heparinized human peripheral blood, which was in advance collected and diluted 3 times with physiological saline, was pumped through the apical foramen of the teeth via a silicone tube and a disposable needle (o.d. 0.7mm) and blood flow signals were monitored. The flux signal significantly increased with the enlargement of the root canal to incisal direction (p<0.01, Friedman analysis). The result indicates that the performance of LDF in PBF with human teeth is limited.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
• /
• v.32 no.5
• /
• pp.209-214
• /
• 2021

High-power continuous-wave operation of a Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser at 1018 nm, pumped by high-power diode lasers at 976 nm, is reported. Based on numerical calculation of the gain and laser signal power along the length of the Yb fiber, it is found that robust operation at 1018 nm can be achieved for a high Yb³⁺-ion excitation density greater than 11.5%, accompanied by high suppression of the feedback from the fiber's end facet. The Yb fiber laser constructed in house yields 626 W of continuous-wave output at 1018 nm for 729 W of incident pump power, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 86.6%. The prospect for power scaling is considered.