• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07d
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• pp.1925-1927
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• 1999

At the study, it has fabricated Al/AlN/GaAs MIS capacitor using DC reactive sputtering method. To applicate GaAs semiconductor in a MIS devices, investigated capability of AIN thin film by the insulator layer. Also it has investigated inversion of C-V characteristics by addition of the hydrogen(hydrogen concentration: 5%) and it has investigated that leakage current has $10^{-8}A/cm^2$ for 1 MV/cm breakdown electric field of I-V characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.73-73
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• 2005

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.22-25
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• 2009

For increasing the output voltage, six SMD(surface mount device) type AlGaAs/GaAs solar cells were connected in series. The electrical properties of the array were measured and compared with one sun (100 mW/$cm^2$) and indoor light (480 lux) conditions. Under one sun condition, output power was 21.57 mW and it was $14.67\;{\mu}W$ under indoor light condition. Under the indoor light condition, the intensity of the light is very low compared to one sun condition. Thus the Voc(open circuit voltage) and Isc (short circuit current) of the sample under indoor light condition decreased very much compared to that of under the one sun condition. This kind of solar cell power supply can be used as a power source for ubiquitous sensor network (USN).

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.499-503
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• 2019

Characteristics of solar cells employing a lattice matched GaInP/GaAs quantum well (QW) structure in a single N-AlGaInP/p-InGaP heterojunction (HJ) were investigated and compared to those of solar cells without QW structure. The epitaxial layers were grown on a p-GaAs substrate with $6^{\circ}$ off the (100) plane toward the <111>A. The heterojunction of solar cell consisted of a 400 nm N-AlGaInP, a 590 nm p-GaInP and 14 periods of a 10 nm GaInP/5 nm GaAs for QW structure and a 800 nm p-GaInP for the HJ structure (control cell). The solar cells were characterized after the anti-reflection coating. The short-circuit current density for $1{\times}1mm^2$ area was $9.61mA/cm^2$ for the solar cell with QW structure while $7.06mA/cm^2$ for HJ control cells. Secondary ion mass spectrometry and external quantum efficiency results suggested that the significant enhancement of $J_{sc}$ and EQE was caused by the suppression of recombination by QW structure.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.929-934
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• 2010

Improvements in characteristics of a single junction AlGaAs/GaAs solar cell are observed by capping a PMMA lens on it. In order to show the effect of the lens, characteristics of a single junction AlGaAs/GaAs solar cell before and after the lens formation are compared under the one-sun illumination condition ($100mW/cm^2$). Characteristics of the solar cell under very weak illumination condition (about 1200 lux) is also measured with the lighting of a fluorescent desk lamp. About 5% of cell efficiency is improved after the capping of PMMA lens on the single junction AlGaAs solar cell and $83\;{\mu}m/cm^2$ of electrical power was generated with the lighting of a desk lamp.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.223-223
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• 2010

InSb 물질은 다른 III-V족 물질들과 비교해서 bandgap이 낮고 전자 이동도가 높아, 소자 구현 시 낮은 전압으로도 고속 동작 특성을 제어할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 그러나 Si, GaAs 또는 InP 등 쉽게 구할 수 있는 기판과 격자 부정합이 커서 상기 기판에 성장시 많은 defect가 존재하는 단점이 있다. 그러므로 이를 상기 기판에 성장하는데 meta-morphic이라 불리는 성장 기술이 요구되는 어려움이 있다. 본 발표에서 Semi-insulating GaAs 기판위에 고품질의 InSb 박막을 성장하기 위해 grading buffer technique을 도입하며 이에 대한 여러 가지 비교실험과 함께 최적의 성장 방법과 기술에 대해 논의 한다. GaAs와 InSb 물질사이의 bandgap과 격자 부정합을 고려하여 AlSb 물질을 먼저 성장하면서 동시에 InxAl1-xSb로 변화를 주어 InSb 박막이 성장되도록 하였다. ($x=0{\rightarrow}1$). 성장 온도 변화 및 In과 Al의 조성비에 변화를 주어 grading 기법으로 성장하였고 상기 grading buffer위에 InSb 박막을 0.65um 성장하였다. $10um{\times}10um$ AFM 측정결과 2.2nm 정도의 표면 거칠기를 가지며 상온에서의 전자 이동도는 약 46, 300 cm2/Vs 이고 sheet electron density는 9.47(e11) /cm2의 결과를 확인하였다. 실험결과 InSb 박막을 올리는데 있어 가장 고려할 사항인 GaAs 기판과 InSb 박막 사이에 존재하는 격자 부정합을 어떻게 해결하는가에 대해서, 기존의 여러가지 방법과 비교해서 grading buffer 기술이 유효하다는 것을 증명하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and information Science
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• v.2 no.6
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• pp.106-110
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• 1997

The binding energies of the ground state of both the heavy-hole and light-hole excitons in a GaAs(In\ulcornerGa\ulcornerAs) quantum well sandwiched between two semi-infinite Al\ulcornerGa\ulcornerAs(InP) layers are calculated as a function of well width in the presence of an arbitray magnetic field. A variational approach is followed using very simple trial wave function. The applied magnetic field is assumed to be parallel to the axis of growth and the binding energies are calculated for a finite value of the height of the potential barrier. The exciton binding energies for a given value of the magnetic field are found to be increased than their values in a zero magnetic field due to the compression of their wave functions within the well with the applied magnetic field.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.516-521
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• 2013

This paper investigates the two dominant but intertwined current blocking mechanisms of Switching and Kirk Effect in pure ternary InAlAs/InGaAs/InAlAs Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (DHBTs). Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) grown, lattice-matched samples have been investigated giving substantial experimental results and theoretical reasoning to explain the interplay between these two effects as the current density is increased up to and beyond the theoretical Kirk Effect limit for devices of emitter areas varying from $20{\times}20{\mu}m^2$ to $1{\times}5{\mu}m^2$. Pure ternary InAlAs/InGaAs/InAlAs DHBTs are ideally suited for such investigations because, unless corrective measures are taken, these devices suffer from appreciable current blocking effect due to their large conduction band discontinuity of 0.5 eV and thus facilitating the observation of the two different physical phenomena. This enhanced understanding of the interplay between the Kirk and Switching effect makes the DHBT device design and optimization process more effective and efficient.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.360-364
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• 2000

We demonstrate self-starting passIve mode locking of a Cr:LiSAF laser, using a SCIDlconduclor Saturable Absorber Mirror (SESAM), Two high-power red semiconductor lasers (Coherent S-67-500C-100-H) of wavelength 667 nm and maximum power of 500 mW were used as pump lasers, The cavity has 10 cm radius-ai-curvature folding minors, two SF 10 prisms, a 99% reflectivity output coupler and a SESAM at dIe focus of a 10 cm radIus-at-curvature mirror. We used the laser crystal in BrewsterBrewster shape with 1 5% $Cr^{+3}$ ion concentration and the length of 6 mm, An X-shaped resonator was used to compensate the astigmatism induced by tile crystal. The structure of the SESAM cOllSists of 30 pmr of $AlAs/Al_{0.15}Ga_{0.85}As$ layer, wi1l1 a 10 nm GaAs quantum well situated in the topmost layer Output spectra were centeled at 833 nm, with 4 nm spectral bandwidth and pulse width was measured to be 220 fs, Output power of 3 mW is obtained at a pump power of 800 mW. 00 mW.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.456-460
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• 2011

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-fabricated suspended devices were used to measure the in-plane electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity of 304 nm and 516 nm thick InGaAlAs films with 0.3% ErAs nanoparticle inclusions by volume. The suspended device allows comprehensive thermoelectric property measurements from a single thin film or nanowire sample. Both thin film samples have identical material compositions and the sole difference is in the sample thickness. The measured Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity were all larger in magnitude for the thicker sample. While the relative change in values was dependent on the temperature, the thermal conductivity demonstrated the largest decrease for the thinner sample in the measurement temperature range of 325 K to 425 K. This could be a result of the increased phonon scattering due to the surface defects and included ErAs nanoparticles. Similar to the results from other material systems, the combination of the measured data resulted in higher values of the thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) for the thinner sample; this result supports the theory that the reduced dimensionality, such as in twodimensional thin films or one-dimensional nanowires, can enhance the thermoelectric figure of merit compared with bulk threedimensional materials. The results strengthen and provide a possible direction in locating and optimizing thermoelectric materials for energy applications.