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Development of DIagnostic Coronagraph Experiment (DICE) for Total Solar Eclipse

  • Choi, Seonghwan;Kim, Jihun;Park, Jongyeob;Jang, Biho;Bong, Suchan;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.66.3-66.3
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    • 2017
  • Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) is developing a coronagraph in collaboration with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS). The coronagraph can measure speed and temperature by using four filters approximately 400 nm and polarization filter in three different angles, differently with older coronagraphs. For the successful mission, it has development and experiment progress in three phases; total solar eclipse experiment in 2017, balloon experiment in 2019, and the ISS installation in 2021. As a first experiment, we developed a coronagraph without an occulter named with Diagnostic Coronagraph Experiment (DICE) for experiment for filter system and imaging sensor. We designed optics with a field of view from 2.5 to 15 solar radii. It has four filters approximately 400 nm and polarizer to measure speed and velocity of the solar corona. For the selection of filter or polarization angle, it has two mechanism parts; filter wheel assembly and a polarizer wheel assembly. Especially we used Core Flight System (CFS) platform which was developed by NASA, when we develop the coronagraph operation software. It provides us stability, reusability, and compatibility.

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Theoretical and Numerical Study of Cylindrical-vector-mode Radiation Characteristics in Periodic Metallic Annular Slits and Their Applications

  • Kim, Hyuntai;Jeong, Yoonchan
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.2 no.5
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    • pp.482-487
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    • 2018
  • We investigate the radiation characteristics of radially polarized light and azimuthally polarized light through plasmonic subwavelength-scale annular slit (PSAS) structures, by means of both theoretical and numerical methods. Effective-medium theory was utilized to analyze the characteristics of PSAS structures, and the corresponding results showed that PSAS structures can function as a metallic medium for azimuthally polarized light, or as a low-loss dielectric medium for radially polarized light. Numerical calculations based on the finite-element method were also performed, to verify the theoretical analyses. It turned out that the numerical results supported the theoretical results. Moreover, we exploited the PSAS structures in novel nanophotonic elements with dual functionalities that could selectively focus or pass/block incident light, depending on its polarization state. For example, if PSAS structures were implemented in the dielectric region of a metallic Fresnel zone plate, the modified zone plate could function as a blocking element to azimuthally polarized light, yet as a focusing element to radially polarized light. On the contrary, if PSAS structures were implemented in the metallic region of a metallic Fresnel zone plate (i.e. the inverted form of the former), it could function as a focusing element to azimuthally polarized light, yet as a simple transparent element to radially polarized light.

Holographic phase gratings in back- and frontlights for LCD's

  • Bastiaansen, C.W.M.;Heesch, C. van;Broer, D.J.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.421-421
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    • 2006
  • The light and energy-efficiency of classical liquid crystal displays is notoriously poor due to the use of absorption-based linear polarisers and colour filters. For instance, the light efficiency of PVAL polarisers is typically between 40 and 45 % and the colour filters have a typical efficiency below 35 % which results in a total light and energy-efficiency of the display below 10 %. In the past, a variety of polarizers were developed with an enhanced efficiency in generating linearly polarized light. Typically, these polarizers are based on the polarisationselective reflection, scattering or refraction of light i.e. one polarisation direction of light is directly transmitted to the LCD/viewer and the other polarization direction of light is depolarised and recycled which results in a typical efficiency for generating linearly polarized light of 70-85 %. Also, special colour filters have been proposed based on chiral-nematic reactive mesogens which increase the efficiency of generating colour. Despite the enormous progress in this field, a need persists for improved methods for generating polarized light and colour based on low cost optical components with a high efficiency. Here, the use of holographic phase gratings is reported for the generation of polarized light and colour. The phase grating are recorded in a photopolymer which is coated onto a backor frontlight for LCDs. Typically the recording is performed in the transmisson mode or in the waveguiding mode and slanted phase gratings are generated with their refractive index modulation at an angle between 20o and 45o with the normal of the substrate. It is shown that phase gratings with a high refractive index modulation and a high efficiency can be generated by a proper selection of the photopolymer and illumination conditions. These phase gratings coupleout linearly polarized light with a high contrast (> 100) and the light is directed directly to the LCD/viewer without the need for redirection foils. Dependent on the type of phase grating, the different colours are coupled-out at a slightly different angle which potentially increases the efficiency of classical colour filters. Moreover, the phase gratings are completely transparent in direct view which opens the possibility to use them in frontlights for LCDs. Holographic polarization gratings posses a periodic pattern in the polarization state of light (and not in the intensity of light). A periodic pattern in the polarization direction of linearly polarized light is obtained upon interference of two circularly polarized laser beams. In the second part of the lecture, it is shown that these periodic polarization patterns can be recorded in a linear photo-polymerizable polymer (LPP) and that such an alignment layer induces a period rotation in the director of (reactive and non-reactive) liquid crystals. By a proper design, optical components can be produced with only first order diffraction and with a very high efficiency (>0.98). It is shown that these diffraction gratings are potentially useful in projection displays with a high brightness and energy efficiency

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Development of the Multi Band Transceiver for Multi-Channel SAR (다채널 영상레이다를 위한 다중대역 송수신기 개발)

  • Kim, Jae-Min;Lim, Jae-Hwan;Park, Ji-Woong;Jin, Hyeong-Seok;Lee, Hyeon-Cheol
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.97-104
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we designed and fabricated the multi band Transceiver Assembly(TCA) for the Multi Channel Synthetic Aperture Radar(MCSAR) containing C-band, X-band, Ku-band and we researched to verify electrical performance of TCA. The transceiver consists of transmitters, receivers, signal selection modules for each band, and stability oscillator, frequency synthesizer, controller, power distributor. The transceiver has a receive path selection and bandwidth selection functions in accordance with the operating mode. And the transceiver can transmit and receive all three bands simultaneously, each band has a bandwidth of up to 300 MHz. Final transmission output of transceiver for each band is over 20 dBm to be suitable for driving the T/R module. Receiver bandwidth is selected according to the required function and receiver gain has approximately C-band 52 dB, X-band 50 dB, Ku-band 60 dB, the maximum noise figure of Ku-band V polarization is 4.28 dB in the whole band H, V polarization. As a result of the electrical performance test, a multi-band TCA is satisfied the property requirements of the MCSAR.

Concentric Core Fiber Design for Optical Fiber Communication

  • Nadeem, Iram;Choi, Dong-You
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2016
  • Because of rapid technological advancements, increased data rate support has become the key criterion for future communication medium selection. Multimode optical fibers and multicore optical fibers are well matched to high data rate throughput requirements because of their tendency to support multiple modes through one core at a time, which results in higher data rates. Using the numerical mode solver OptiFiber, we have designed a concentric core fiber by investigating certain design parameters, namely core diameter (µm), wavelength (nm), and refractive index profile, and as a result, the number of channels, material losses, bending losses, polarization mode dispersion, and the effective nonlinear refractive index have been determined. Space division multiplexing is a promising future technology that uses few-mode fibers in parallel to form a multicore fiber. The experimental tests are conducted using the standard second window wavelength of 1,550 nm and simulated results are presented.

Generation of Bell states in a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer (Hong-Ou-Mandel 간섭계를 이용한 Bell 상태)

  • Kwon, O-Sung;Kim, Heon-Oh;Park, Gu-Dong;Kim, Tae-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.84-89
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    • 2007
  • Bell states have been investigated in a Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer using photon pairs from a type-1 SPDC. The four kinds of the Bell states, $|{\Psi}^+>,|{\Psi}^->,|{\Phi}^+>,|{\Phi}^->$ are created by placing 2 HWPs, 2 QWPs at outputs of the interferometer. They show an average visibility of 77% in the coincidence measurement.

Computer simulation to determine system parameters of the square-wave adapted fast impedance analyzer for the electrode - electrolyte interface analysis (구형파를 이용한 전극계면 분석용 고속 임피던스 분석기의 설계변수 확정을 위한 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션)

  • Kim Gi-Ryon;Kim Gwang-Nyeon;Shim Yoon-Bo;Jeon Gye-Rok;Jung Dong-Keun
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.45-55
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    • 2005
  • There are electric double layer capacitance, polarization resistance and solution resistance in the interface between electrode and solution. Electrode process could be evaluated by the electrical impedance analysis. The necessities of the electrochemical cell analysis with high speed impedance analyzer are followings: minimization of the effects of electric stimulation on electrochemical cell and the concentration of reactive materials, and optimization of impedance signal resolution. This paper represents the design criteria for the selection and stimulation to develop fast impedance analyzer prototype for a electrochemical cell. It was suggested that the design of 470k sample/s sampling rate, 13 bit ABC resolution, and 140ms recording time is required for high speed impedance analysis system in frequency range between dc and 10kHz.

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Subtractively Normalized Interfacial Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Cyanide Ions at Gold Electrode

  • Son, Dong-Hee;Kim, Kwan
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.357-360
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    • 1994
  • The adsorption of cyanide ion on the gold electrode has been investigated by the subtractively normalized interfacial Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (SNIFTIRS). The observations made by SNIFTIRS were consistent with those obtained by the polarization modulated Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. According to the surface selection rule, cyanide ion appeared to adsorb on gold via either carbon or nitrogen lone pair electrons assuming a perpendicular orientation with respect to the metal surface. The possibility of presence of bridge-bound species seemed very infeasible. From the ab initio quantum mechanical calculation, adsorbate-to-metal bonding appeared to occur mainly via the $5{\sigma}$ donation from carbon to Au.

One-Dimensional Radar Scattering Center for Target Recognition of Ground Target in W-Band Millimeter Wave Seeker Considering Missile Flight-Path Scenario (유도탄 조우 시나리오를 고려한 W-대역 밀리미터파 탐색기의 지상 표적 식별을 위한 1차원 산란점 추출에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sungho;Kim, Jihyun;Woo, Seon-Keol;Kwon, Jun-Beom;Kim, Hong-Rak
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.28 no.12
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    • pp.982-992
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, we introduce a method of selection for the optimal transmission polarization of a W-band seeker through the extraction of the one-dimensional scattering center of a ground tank target. We calculated the surface scattering and edge scattering using the shooting and bouncing ray tracing method of the CST A-solver. Based on 4-channel RCS data, using the one-dimensional RELAX algorithm, which is a kind of spectral estimation technique, scattering centers of ground targets were extracted. According to the changes in the polarization state and look angle, we compared and analyzed the scattering center results. Through simulation, we verified that the scattering center results can be applied when feature vectors are used for target recognition.

Students' Responses on the Supporting or Conflicting Evidences on Thier Preconception (학생 선개념을 지지하는 증거와 반증하는 증거에 대한 학생의 반응)

  • Park, Jong-Won;Kim, Ik-Gyun;Lee, Moo;Kim, Myung-Whan
    • Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.283-296
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    • 1998
  • This study was to identify middle school and college of education students' preconceptions about dielectric polarization and explore the students' reponses on the supporting or conflictual evidences on their preconceptions by letting them observe the demonstrations using electroscope, charged material, six conductor rods and six insulator rods. Letting students select the demonstrations to be observed by themselves, students' evidence selection types were classified as two : to select the evidences to testify their uncertain preconceptions, and to obtain the confirmation evidences about their preconceptions. And each evidence selection types, again, could be subclassified as three and two respectively. When students observed the conflictual observations, all accepted the observation itself. For supporting observational evidences, almost of all students showed the error of 'acceptance of antecedent' in the syllogism, that is, they did not required the succeeding supporting observations. Students' reponses on the conflictual observational evidences were classified as two: to reject the hard core of preconceptions, and to modify the students' auxiliary ideas related to the hard core with preserving the hard core. The first type reponses were, again, could be classified as three subtypes but, in all cases, students introduced new concept to explain the conflictual evidences. This responses indicated that Lakatosian rather than Popperian view is more acceptable to understand the students' reponses on the conflictual evidences. The second type reponses also were classified as three subtypes, and it was found that more middle school students than college education students were involved in this second type. That is, students who did not have perfect understanding of auxiliary ideas related with the hard core of preconceptions were more apt to change or modify theses auxiliary ideas rather than reject the hard core, this means that the quality of understanding of auxiliary ideas also take an important role in the change of hard core concept.

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