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Influence of Electron Beam Irradiation on the Electrical and Optical Properties of InGaZnO Thin Film Transistor (InGaZnO 박막 트랜지스터의 전기 및 광학적 특성에 대한 전자빔 조사의 영향)

  • Cho, In-Hwan;Park, Hai-Woong;Kim, Chan-Joong;Jun, Byung-Hyuk
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.345-349
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    • 2017
  • The effects of electron beam(EB) irradiation on the electrical and optical properties of InGaZnO(IGZO) thin films fabricated using a sol-gel process were investigated. As the EB dose increased, the electrical characteristic of the IGZO TFTs changed from semiconductor to conductor, and the threshold voltage values shifted to the negative direction. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of the O 1s core level showed that the relative area of oxygen vacancies increased from 14.68 to 19.08 % as the EB dose increased from 0 to $1.5{\times}10^{16}electrons/cm^2$. In addition, spectroscopic ellipsometer analysis showed that the optical band gap varied from 3.39 to 3.46 eV with increasing EB dose. From the result of band alignment, it was confirmed that the Fermi level($E_F$) of the sample irradiated with $1.5{\times}10^{16}electrons/cm^2$ was located at the closest position to the conduction band minimum(CBM) due to the increase of electron carrier concentration.

400 MeV/nucleon 12C Ions Shielding Benchmark Calculations using MCNPX with Different Nuclear Data Libraries (400 MeV/nucleon 12C 이온의 MCNPX 와 핵자료를 이용한 차폐 벤치마킹 계산)

  • Shin, Yun Sung;Kim, yong min;Kim, dong hyun;Jung, nam suk;Lee, hee seock
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.295-300
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    • 2015
  • There are various type of particle accelerators such as Kyoungju 100-MeV proton beam accelerator in Korea. And Korea plans to build large particle accelerator such as heavy ion accelerator and 4th generation light source facility. The accelerated high energy particles of these facility produce 2nd neutron after nuclear reaction with target materials. And then these 2nd neutron activate structural materials and surrounding environment. Accordingly, it is important to consider the activation and shielding calculation on design of facility for safety operation. In this study, we tried to calculate and compare the neutron flux from the interaction $^{la}150$ beam with target material(Cu) according to thickness of iron and concrete shielding material by MCNPX 2.7 with nuclear library JENDL/HE 07and la150. To verify the properties of nuclear library, we compared computational results with experimental value. These results can be used for dose evaluation technology in planning of the shielding of large particle accelerator.

Neutron Noise Analysis in Ulchin Nuclear Unit 1 & 2 (울진 1, 2호기의 중성자 잡음신호 분석)

  • 김태룡;박진호;고병무;배용채
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 1998.04a
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    • pp.582-589
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    • 1998
  • This paper presents the analysis results of ex-core and in-core neutron noise, acceleration signals and pressure fluctuation measured at Ulchin Nuclear Unit 1 & 2 to identify and monitor the reactor internals vibration including fuel motion. A phase separation algorithm developed by authors was applied to the neutron noises to clearly identify the reactor internals vibratory motion. The beam mode frequency of the core support barrel was identified to be 8Hz and the shell mode to be 20Hz. The first frequency of the fuel assembly was also found to be 3Hz, while first two acoustic frequencies of the primary coolant system were 6 and 17.5Hz. By monitoring and analyzing these frequencies periodically, it is possible to diagnose the operating condition of reactor internals and to provide an early detection of faults for the predictive maintenance.

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Effect of Potential Well Structure on Ion Current in SCBF Device (SCBF 장치에서 이온전류에 대한 포텐셜 우물 구조의 영향)

  • Ju, Heung-Jin;Park, Jeong-Ho;Ko, Kwang-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.471-477
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    • 2007
  • SCBF(Spherically Convergent Beam Fusion) device has been studied as a neutron source. Neutron production rate is a most important factor for the application of SCBF device and is proportional to the square of the ion current[1]. It is regarded generally that some correlations between the potential well structure and the ion current exist. In this paper, the ion current and potential distribution were calculated in a variety of grid cathode geometries using FEM-FCT method. Single potential well structure was certified inside the grid cathode. The deeper the potential well became, the higher the ion current due to the high electric field near the grid cathode became.

Particle Simulation on the Effect of Grid Cathode Geometry in SCBF Device (SCBF 장치에서 그리드 음극 구조의 영향에 대한 입자 시뮬레이션)

  • Ju, Heung-Jin;Park, Jeong-Ho;Ko, Kwang-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.742-747
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    • 2007
  • In 2-dimensional SCBF (Spherically Convergent Beam Fusion) device, the effect on neutron production rate of the grid cathode geometry was simulated. The motion of Particles was tracked using Monte Carlo Method including the atomic and molecular collision processes and potential distribution was calculated by Finite Element Method, Main processes of the discharge were the ionization of $D_2$ by fast $D_2^+\;ion$. As the number of cathode rings was small and the size of grid cathode decreased, the ion current increased and neutron production rate will also increase. The star mode discharge which is a very important characteristic in SCBF device, was confirmed by the ionization position.

Benchmarks of subcriticality in accelerator-driven system at Kyoto University Critical Assembly

  • Pyeon, Cheol Ho;Yamanaka, Masao;Kim, Song-Hyun;Vu, Thanh-Mai;Endo, Tomohiro;Van Rooijen, Willem Fredrik G.;Chiba, Go
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.1234-1239
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    • 2017
  • Basic research on the accelerator-driven system is conducted by combining $^{235}U$-fueled and $^{232}Th$-loaded cores in the Kyoto University Critical Assembly with the pulsed neutron generator (14 MeV neutrons) and the proton beam accelerator (100 MeV protons with a heavy metal target). The results of experimental subcriticality are presented with a wide range of subcriticality level between near critical and 10,000 pcm, as obtained by the pulsed neutron source method, the Feynman-${\alpha}$ method, and the neutron source multiplication method.

Measurement of Neutron Capture Gamma-ray Spectrum of Natural Gold in the keV Energy Region

  • Lee, Jae-Hong;Lee, Sam-Yol;Lee, Sang-Bock;Lee, Jun-Haeng;Jin, Gye-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 2007
  • keV-neutron capture gamma-ray spectrum of $^{197}Au$(natural gold) sample have been measured in neutron energy range from 10 to 90 keV using the 3-MV pelletron accelerator of the Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Pulsed keV neutrons were produced from the $^7Li(p,n)^7Be$ reaction by bombarding on the $^7Li$ target with the 1.5-ns bunched proton beam. The incident neutron spectrum on the Au sample was measured by a $^6Li$-glass scintillation detector and TOF method. Capture gamma-rays from Au sample were measured by anti-Compton NaI(TI) spectrometer. Five average neutron energy regions were selected to obtain the neutron capture spectrum. Several gamma-ray peaks in the spectrum were found in the present experiment.

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