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A Note on the History of the Gambler's Ruin Problem

  • Song, Seongjoo;Song, Jongwoo
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.157-168
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    • 2013
  • This paper deals with the history of one of the well-known and historically important problems in probability, "Gambler's ruin". This problem was first solved by Pascal and Fermat and published by Huygens in 1657. It was studied and extended by many probabilists in early years and thus, it became an important problem in probability history, introducing many new concepts. We would like to introduce the problem in detail to readers and share the ideas on how new problems are developed, relating to old problems.

An Optical Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) Switching System Using Free Space Optics and an Output Buffer Memory (자유공간 광학과 출력 버퍼 메모리를 이용한 광 Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) 교환방식)

  • 지윤규;이상신
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.326-334
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    • 1991
  • We propose an optical Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM) switching system using free-space optics and an output buffer memory. The distributor system in the switching fabric was analyzed using the Huygens-Fresnel principle and lens transformation. For monochromatic illumination, a pattern similar to the Fourier transform of the input distribution was observed across the output plane. A spatially broadened intensity distribution across the the output plane can be expected when the system is illminated with a partially coherent, quasimonochromatic beam. Spatially coherent pulses as short as 100fs can propagate through the distributor without severe spatial broadening.

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A Geometrical Analysis Method of ELC Lens for The 3D Display for Optimum Design (3차원 영상출력을 위한 ELC 렌즈의 기하광학적 해석 방법 및 최적 설계)

  • Kim, Bong-Sik;Kim, Keon-Woo;Baik, Seung-Jo;Park, Woo-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.457-461
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, a novel method based on geometrical optics is proposed to calculate the optical characteristics of an electric field driven liquid crystal (ELC) lens. For an optimally designed ELC lens, effective refractive index is calculated and then ray tracing is carried out using Huygens' principle. From the results, the intensity distribution at the optimum viewing distance (OVD) is obtained. To confirm the validity of our work, the result is compared with that calculated by the extended Jones matrix method (EJMM). As a result, it turns out that the novel method provides more simple and rigorous simulation results than the EJMM.

The study on piezoelectric transducers: theoretical analysis and experimental verification

  • Sung, Chia-Chung;Tien, Szu-Chi
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.1063-1083
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    • 2015
  • The main purpose of this research is to utilize simple mathematical models to depict the vibration behavior and the resulted sound field of a piezoelectric disk for ultrasonic transducers. Instead of using 1-D vibration model, coupled effect between the thickness and the radial motions was considered to be close to the real vibration behavior. Moreover, Huygens-Fresnel principle was used in both incident and reflected waves to analyze the sound field under obstacles in finite distance. Results of the tested piezoelectric disk show that, discrepancies between the simulation and experiment are 2.5% for resonant frequency and 12% for resulted sound field. Therefore, the proposed method can be used to reduce the complexity in modeling vibration problems, and increase the reliability on analyzing piezoeletric transducers in the design stage.

Fresnel Diffraction and Fraunhoffer Diffraction (TEM 관련 이론해설 (1): 프레넬 회절과 프라운호퍼 회절)

  • Lee, Hwack-Joo
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2002
  • In this review, the author discussed how the Fresnel and Fraunhoffer Diffraction can be deduced from the Huygens-Fresnel principle and Kirchhoff Diffraction Theory. Fresnel diffraction became the basic theory of the CTEM image theory, and Fraunhoffer diffraction became the base for electron diffraction and HRTEM image theory by Fourier transformation. The author also discussed the diffraction based on Born series.

A study on the visualization of the sound field by using GPGPU (GPGPU에 의한 음장의 가시화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Chai-Bong
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.421-427
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    • 2010
  • In order to visualize the transfer of sound waves, we performed real-time processing with the fast operating system of GPU, the Graphics Processing Unit. Simulation by using the method of the discrete Huygens' model was also implemented. The sound waves were visualized by varying the real-time processing, the reflecting surfaces within the two-dimensional virtual sound field, and the states of the sound source. Experimental results have shown that reflection and diffraction patterns for the sound waves were identified at the reflecting objects.

Prediction of Antenna Propagation Characteristic in Space Environment Using Ray Tracing Method (광선 추적법을 이용한 우주 환경에서의 안테나 전파 특성 예측)

  • Kim, ChangSeong;Park, Yong Bae
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.1023-1026
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    • 2016
  • We calculate the propagation characteristic of antennas considering refractive indices of space environments. The effective indices of troposphere, stratosphere, and inonshpere are computed and the ray tracing method, geometrical optics, and Huygens' principle are used to estimate refracted and attenuated electromagnetic wave of space environment.

Effect of the covariance function on the statistics of speckle propagation through the turbulent atmosphere. (교란 대기를 통한 스펙클 전파의 통계적 코바리언스 함수의 효과)

  • 성평식;박계원
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 1999
  • In the paper, the extened Huygens-Fresnel principle has been used to make an analysis of the statistics the received intensity for speckle propagation though the turbulent atmosphere. The results of these formulations include of the log-amplitude covariance as well as the wave structure functions, and It was found that the normalized variance is dependent on the turblence strength and rises above unity.

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