• Vacuum Magazine
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.4-7
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• 2016

An X-ray Free Electron laser facility (PAL-XFEL) has been built in Pohang Accelerator Laboratory to provide X-ray FEL radiations for photon users. The machine consists of a 10 GeV normalconducting S-band linear accelerator and two undulator beamlines. The hard and soft X-ray beamlines will provide FEL radiations with wavelengths of 0.6 to 0.1 nm and 4.5 to 1 nm, respectively. Beam commissioning of PAL-XFEL is ongoing and user service will start in 2017. In this report, the PAL-XFEL layout and the working principle are discussed.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.139-148
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• 2001

We are concerned in the estimation of lifetime distribution of a component having a few observed failure data and we demonstrate that we can use the maximum likelihood estimation utilizing the censored data when the number of components in use is quite large. Weibull distribution is assumed for the lifetime and a simple estimation procedure is introduced. We also propose the method of determining the optimal number of spares required for a specified period without introducing cost functions. The proposed methods are applied to the photon stop and the water-cooled flange which are major components in Pohang Light Source.

• Proceedings of the Korean Reliability Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.201-208
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• 2000

We are concerned in the estimation of lifetime distribution of a component having a few observed failure data and we demonstrate that we can use the maximum likelihood estimation utilizing the censored data when the number of components in use is quite large. Weibull distribution is assumed fur the lifetime and a simple estimation procedure is introduced. We also propose the method of determining the optimal number of spares required for a specified period without introducing cost functions. The proposed methods are applied to the photon stop and the water-cooled flange which are major components in Pohang Light Source.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2005.12a
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• pp.94-96
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• 2005

포항방사광가속기의 전자빔수명을 연장하기 위한 3차 하모닉 초전도 RF 공동기를 개발하고 있다. 저장링 빔물리 계산에 따르면 3차 하모닉 초전도 RF 공동기를 설치할 경우 점자빔의 수명이 약2.3배 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또 이 공동기를 설치할 경우 란다우 (Landau) 감쇄 (damping)에 의한 빔의 안정화도 개선되는 효과가 있다. 본 논문은 이것을 실현하기 위한 초전도 RF 공동기의 전자기장 분포와 고차원 전자장 계산을 통하여 최적의 공동기의 모양 결정과 설계 특성에 대한 것을 보고 하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.42-42
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• 2010

We, previously, proved that the noise in the vertical readback from some of beam position monitors (BPMs) in the vacuum chamber of Pohang Light Source (PLS) are caused by the transverse electric (TE) longitudinal harmonic resonances. Based on this analysis, we now design the shunt structure to remove the TE mode resonces near the BPMs operation frequency of 500 MHz in the storage ring vacuum chamber of PLS upgrade project (PLS-II). The simulation result and experimental test result will be presented.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.2441-2444
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• 2003

This paper describes fabrication of a micro cell counter integrated with an oxygen micropump and Sephadex G-25 beads counting experiment. The device utilized a phototransistor, microwindow, and light source of microscope for beads detection. Microheater and microchannel were used for pumping and guiding of beads to the microwindow. Counting capability of the device was tested with a peristaltic pump and the measured signals (${\sim}10\;mV$) with oscilloscope showed peak shape when beads passed the microwindow. Pumping of beads by the oxygen micropump was carried out by heating paraffin, which enveloped manganese dioxide (catalyst), to trigger the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. It lasted for 5 min with $7\;{\mu}l$ of wt. 30 % hydrogen peroxide. Beads counting by oxygen micropump showed peaks ($2{\sim}20\;mV$) with $30\;{\mu}l$ of beads sample and the number of peaks by magnitude was acquired.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.138-142
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• 2005

We tested performance of the 4C1 beamline for analyzing structures of proteins in solution using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at the Pohang Light Source(PLS). Structurally well-known proteins such as lysozyme and $Bcl-XL(\vartriangle TM/\vartriangle loop)$ were used for the study. Low resolution solution structures of lysozyme and $Bcl-XL(\vartriangle TM/\vartriangle loop)$ were obtained at a resolution of at least i.2 nm, and the structures were basically same as those calculated from the crystal structures of the proteins. We also used $Bcl-XL(\vartriangle TM/\vartriangle loop)$ with a long flexible loop attached [$Bcl-XL(\vartriangleTM))$] and obtained significantly different data from $Bcl-XL(\vartriangle TM/\vartriangle loop)$, although the electron density map of the loop is known to be invisible from the crystal structure of $Bcl-XL(\vartriangleTM))$. We confirm that SAXS experiment is a powerful tool for the structural study of proteins in solution and the 4Cl beamline at the PLS is well-equipped and suitable for the protein solution SAXS experiment.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.38 no.8
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• pp.1000-1003
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• 2014

There are 70 vertical and 70 horizontal correctors for Pohang Light Source. Until mid of 2000, power supplies for these correctors were based on 1990's technology, so the global orbit feedback system was not possible with poor 12 bit resolution. A new task force team was assembled to develop new power supplies with BESSY type DAC cards. After the project, two vertical correctors in each lattice were connected with new power supplies, and the global orbit feedback was available within the accuracy of 5 microns. However, this replacement was not enough to satisfy the beam stability requirement of 2 microns for PLS. We have launched another power supply design based on all digital technology. This attempt was completed within a year, and 80 units were assembled in house. Currently, the global orbit feedback system is running successfully with new digital power supplies and the compensation of chamber motion due to the thermal load by using digital displacement transducers attached on each BPMs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.181-181
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• 2013

Recently, nanostructure and the molecular orientation of organic thin films have been largely paid attention due to its importance in organic electronics such as organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), and organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Among various methods, the diffraction and scattering techniques based on synchrotron x-rays have shown powerful results in organic thin film systems. In this work, we introduce the in-situ annealing system installed at PLS-II (Pohang Light Source II) for organic thin films by simultaneously conducting various x-ray scattering measurements of x-ray reflectivity, conventional x-ray scattering, grazing incidence wide angle x-ray scattering (GI-WAXS) and so on. Using the in-situ measurement, we could obtain real time variation of nanostructure as well as molecular orientation during thermal annealing in metal-phthalocyanine thin films. The variation of surface and interface also could be simultaneously investigated by the x-ray reflectivity measurement.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.416-417
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• 2006

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) show a lot of advantages for display purposes. Because OLEDs provide white light emission with a high efficiency and stability, it is desirable to apply OLEDs as an illumination light source and back light in LCD displays. We synthesized new emissive materials, namely [2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole] ($Zn(HPB)_2$) and [(2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole)(8-hydoxyquinoline)] (Zn(HPB)q), which have a low molecular compound and thermal stability. We studied white OLEDs using $Zn(HPB)_2$ and Zn(HPB)q. The fundamental structures of the white OLEDs were ITO/PEDOT:PSS (23 nm)/NPB (40 nm)/$Zn(HPB)_2$ (40 nm)/Zn(HPB)q (20 nm)/$Alq_3$ (10 nm)/LiAl (120 nm). As a result, we obtained a maximum luminance of $15325\;cd/m^2$ at a current density of $997\;mA/cm^2$. The CIE(Commission International de l'Eclairage) coordinates are (0.28, 0.35) at an applied voltage of 9.75 V.