• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.3018-3025
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• 2021

The authors developed a volumetric dosimetry detector system using in-house 3D-printable plastic scintillator resins. Three tumor model scintillators (TMSs) were developed using magnetic resonance images of a tumor. The detector system consisted of a TMS, an optical fiber, a photomultiplier tube, and an electrometer. The background signal, including the Cherenkov lights generated in the optical fiber, was subtracted from the output signal. The system showed 2.1% instability when the TMS was reassembled. The system efficiencies in collecting lights for a given absorbed energy were determined by calibration at a secondary standard dosimetry laboratory (k_SSDL) or by calibration using Monte Carlo simulations (k_sim). The TMSs were irradiated in a Gamma Knife® Icon^TM (Elekta AB, Stockholm, Sweden) following a treatment plan. The energies absorbed to the TMSs were measured and compared with a calculated value. While the measured energy determined with k_SSDL was (5.84 ± 3.56) % lower than the calculated value, the energy with k_sim was (2.00 ± 0.76) % higher. Although the TMS detector system worked reasonably well in measuring the absorbed energy to a tumor, further improvements in the calibration procedure and system stability are needed for the system to be accepted as a quality assurance tool.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.85.2-85.2
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• 2011

A new infrared spectro-polarimeter was installed in 2008 onto the Solar Flare Telescope of NAOJ in the Mitaka headquarters. The Solar Flare Telescope had been operated previously as a filter-based magnetograph and obtained vector magnetograms of active regions with the Fe I 630.3nm line during 1992 - 2005. The aim of this new instrument is to measure the distribution of magnetic helicity over the whole Sun and for an extended period with high magnetic sensitivity in the infrared wavelengths. This spectro-polarimter is able to obtain polarizations in both photospheric and chromospheric layers. In order to take full Stokes profiles, we observe Fe I 1564.8 nm and He I 1083.0 nm lines (with the neighboring photospheric Si line) for the photospheric and chromospheric magnetic field vectors, respectively. The infrared detector of this instrument is a $640{\times}512$-pixel InGaAs camera produced by a Belgian company Xenics. The frame rate of the camera is 90 frames/sec. The 640-pixel row of this camera is set along the spectrograph slit of the polarimeter. Since the slit only covers the solar hemisphere, a full disk map is obtained by raster scanning the solar disk twice. A magnetic map is made of about $1200{\times}1200$ pixels with a pixel size of 1.8 arcsec. It generally takes 1.5 hours to scan the whole Sun. Although some issues on the instrument calibration still remain, a few maps of the whole Sun at the two wavelengths are now taken daily. In this presentation, we will introduce the instrument and present some observational results.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.329-334
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• 2009

본 연구는 연료전지 운전시 전극 촉매 및 전해질막 내에서 발생하는 연료 및 산화제의 산화/환원 반응 메커니즘, 이동현상, 구성품 열화현상 등을 핵자기 공명 (NMR, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)을 이용하여 연료전지의 분해나 시료 채취 없이 제자리 (in situ) 분석할 수 있는 진단장치용 연료전지 개발에 관한 것이다. NMR에 사용되는 연료전지는 특수하게 제작된 TCD (Toroid Cavity Detector) 탐침 내부에서 작동하여야 하며, TCD 탐침이 가지는 기하학적 제한 요소들로 인해 일반적인 평판형 연료전지와 달리 원통형으로 제작된다. 이로 인해 반응물의 공급이나 생성물의 제거가 어려우며 누수 현상 및 불균일한 압력 분배가 발생하여 성능이 낮다. 따라서, in situ NMR 분석용 연료전지가 가지는 구조상의 특징인 원통형에 적합한 유로를 설계하고 제작하여 물질 전달 특성을 개선해야 할 필요성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 NMR 장비 내의 자기장에 영향을 미치지 않는 비자성 물질을 이용해 원 통형 공기극 유로를 개발하여, 산소의 공급 및 반응물의 제거를 원활하게 하였다. 또한, 체결 압력을막-전극 접합체에 균일하게 분배하여 누수 및 누액을 차단하였다. 이를 통해, 상온에서 약 $36mW/cm^2$의 우수한 성능을 나타내는 in situ NMR 진단용 직접 메탄올연료전지 시스템을 개발하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 페라이트 링 코어를 이용한 2차원 fluxgate 센서를 제안하였으며, 본 fluxgate 센서 시스템은 2차원 자장을 측정할 수 있는 센서와 그 센서를 구동하기 위한 구동회로, 그리고 신호처리회로 등으로 구성하였다. 신호 검출 방법으로는 우수고조파 성분 검출을 위해 PSD(phase sensitivity detector) 회로를 사용하였으며, 기존의 제 2고조파 검출법과 비교하기 위해서 pick-up 코일 출력전압의 제 2고조파 성분을 FFT 스펙트럼 분석기를 사용하여 측정하였고, 이렇게 측정된 제 2고조파 성분의 전압과 PSD 단의 출력전압을 비교하였다. 그 결과 여자전류의 증가에 따라 센서의 출력전압도 증가하였으며, 구동주파수에 따른 PSD 단의 출력전압은 주파수가 1.5[kHz]일 때까지는 증가하였지만, 그 이상의 주파수에서는 감소함을 보였다. 그리고 pick-up 코일의 제 2고조파 성분의 전압은 계속 증가함을 보였다. 센서의 최대감도는 구동주파수 1.5 [kHz], 구동전류 2 [App]에서 최대값을 보였으며 감도는 약 1580 [V/T]였다. 센서의 비선형계수는 3 [G] 이내에서 제 2고조파 성분의 전압인 경우 약 1 [%]이내였으며, PSD 단 이후는 약 2.3 [%]이내였다. 그리고 각도오차는 약 ${\pm}2$ [%/FS]이내였다.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.82-86
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• 2012

A sensitive eight-channel high-Tc Superconducting Interference Device (SQUID) detection system for magnetic contaminant in a lithium ion battery anode was developed. Finding ultra-small metallic foreign matter is an important issue for a manufacturer because metallic contaminants carry the risk of an internal short. When contamination occurs, the manufacturer of the product suffers a great loss from recalling the tainted product. Metallic particles with outer dimensions smaller than 100 microns cannot be detected using a conventional X-ray imaging system. Therefore, a highly sensitive detection system for small foreign matter is required. We have already developed a detection system based on a single-channel SQUID gradiometer and horizontal magnetization. For practical use, the detection width of the system should be increased to at least 65 mm by employing multiple sensors. In this paper, we present an 8-ch high-Tc SQUID roll-to-roll system for inspecting a lithium-ion battery anode with a width of 65 mm. A special microscopic type of a cryostat was developed upon which eight SQUID gradiometers were mounted. As a result, small iron particles of 35 microns on a real lithium-ion battery anode with a width of 70 mm were successfully detected. This system is practical for the detection of contaminants in a lithium ion battery anode sheet.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1729-1734
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• 2016

The surface inspection of a steel billet is a common practice in the steel manufacturing process prior to hot rolling to produce steel wire for tire cord. This billet surface inspection is an important process because flaws on the surface may cause major failures during the product manufacturing phase. This paper presents a computer simulation based on a finite element method for a magnetic flaw detector with a function of the current intensity, the number of coil turns, and the billet proceeding speed during the production phase based on the typical condition of conventional apparatus. Based on the simulation result, the magnitude of the electromagnetic field on the surface diminished with distance from the electromagnet. In addition, the increased current intensity and the increased number of coil turns actually induced a stronger electromagnetic field on the billet surface. On the other hand, the proceeding speed of a billet in its production line had no significant effects. The result in this study may assist to reduce trial and error and to minimize the opportunity costs during the optimization process by applying the findings of this study into the operation condition in the steel billet production line.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.153-158
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• 2003

This thesis deal with ferroelectric and ferromagnetic materials. PZT/Ferrite ceramics were made by the making process using PZT powder and garnet ferrite powder. PZT and ferrite are mixed as much 90%-10%, 50%-50%, and so on. After making samples, we are polishing samples until thickness is 0.1~0.2mm. We measured all kinds of samples in room temperature and applied magnetic field from -4500 to 4500 Oersted and conducted test of magnetical and electrical measurement using VSM and lpC resolution electrometer calibrated with RT66A pulsed tester. From this measurement, we can calculate tunability of these samples using C value obtained from P-E loop. As a result, it was able to measure magnetic characteristic when two matter had each other component ratio, and it was compound. However, it confirmed the possibility that was able to have ferroelectric characteristic with you in PZT 90% and ferrite 10%. Therefore, If this thing comes for PZT 50% and ferrite 50% have ferroelectric characteristic as him in a compound sample ore, can use this in an oscillator, supersonic waves detector in addition to a piezoelectric element. It may contribute to multipurpose of an element and demands such as a miniaturization of equipment, efficiency, reduce of a price which can use a characteristic of two components.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 1992

광자기 기록 박막의 자기 광학효과에 의한 미소 편광 회전각을 축정하기 위하여 편광 변조 방법을 이용하였다. 편광 변조 방법은 Faraday 회전자로 레이저광의 편광을 변조하고 phase sensitive detection방법을 써서 변조된 신호만을 선택적으로 검출하는 것이다. 본 실험에서는 진공증착법으로 제작된 TbFeCo박막과 RF 스퍼터링으로 제작된 iron garnet 다결정 박막의 자기 Kerr 회전 및 Faraday 회전 이력곡선을 이 방법으로 조사하였다. 그 결과 $0.25^{\circ}$정도의 미소한 회전각을 측정하였으며 특히 longitudinal Kerr 회전의 경우 $2.5\times10^{-3^\circ}$정도의 매우 작은 회전각도 측정할 수 있었다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.94.2-94.2
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• 2011

Electron microbursts, energetic electron precipitation having duration less than 1 sec, have been thought to be generated by chorus wave and electron interactions. While the coincidence of chorus and microburst occurrence supports the wave-particle interaction theory, more crucial evidences have not been observed to explain the origin of microbursts. We propose the measurement of energy dispersion of microbursts could be an evidence supporting wave-particle theory. During chorus waves propagate along magnetic field, the resonance condition should be satisfied at different magnetic latitude for different energy electrons. If we observed electron microbursts at low altitude, the arrival time of different energy electrons should make unique dispersion structures. In order to observe such energy dispersion, we need a detector having fast time resolution and wide energy range. Our study is motivated from defining the time resolution and energy range of the detectors required to measure microburst energy dispersions. We performed test particles simulation to investigate how electrons interact with simple coherent waves like chorus waves. We compute a large number of electron's trajectories and successfully produce energy dispersion structures expected when microbursts are observed with 10 msec time resolution detectors at the altitude of 600 km. These results provide useful information in designing electron detectors for the future mission.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.138-142
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• 2004

본 연구는 누설전류와 같은 직류 저 전류를 측정하기 위한 센서 개발에 관한 것이다. 2개의 동일한 링 형태의 자성체 코어를 이용하여 전류센서를 개발하였으며 센서에 대한 특성과 불확도에 대하여 기술하였다. 이 트랜스듀서는 변성기형의 센서, 피크검출기, 기준저주파발진기 그리고 고조파를 함유한 센서의 출력을 측정할 수 있는 정밀 측정회로들로 구성되며 DC 2A까지 측정할 수 있다. 분해능과 감도는 0.㎃. 10㎷/㎃로. 각각 평가되었다.