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Optical properties of nanocrystalline silicon thin films depending on deposition parameters (박막증착조건 변화에 따른 실리콘 나노결정 박막의 광학적 특성)

  • Kim, Gun-Hee;Kim, Jong-Hoon;Jeon, Kyung-Ah;Lee, Sang-Yeol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.07a
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    • pp.173-176
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    • 2004
  • Silicon thin films on p-type(100) silicon substrate have been prepared by a pulsed laser deposition(PLD) technique using a Nd:YAG laser. The pressure of the environmental gas during deposition was 1 Torr. After deposition, silicon thin film has been annealed in nitrogen ambient. Strong blue photoluminescence(PL) has been observed at room temperature. We report the optical properties of silicon thin films with the variation of the deposition parameters.

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Conceptual Design of Soft X-ray Microscopy for Live Biological Samples

  • Kim, Kyong-Woo;Nam, Ki-Yong;Kwon, Young-Man;Shim, Seong-Taek;Kim, Kyu-Gyeom;Yoon, Kwon-Ha
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.230-233
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    • 2003
  • This study describes the conceptual design of a soft x-ray microscope system based on a laserbased source for biomedical application with high resolution (${\leq}$50nm). The laboratory scale soft x-ray microscope consists of high power laser plasma x-ray source and grazing incidence mirrors with high reflectivity. The laser plasma source used for developing this system employs Q-switched Nd-YAG pulsed laser. The laser beam is focused on a tantalum (Ta) target. The Wolter type I mirror was used as condenser optics for sample illumination and as objective mirror for focusing on a detector. The fabrication of the Wolter type I mirror was direct internal cutting using ultraprecision DTM. A hydrated biological specimen was put between the two silicon wafers, the center of which was $Si_3N_4$ windows of 100㎚ thickness. The main issues in the future development work are to make a stable, reliable and reproducible x-ray microscope system.

Nondestructive Diagnosis of NPP Piping System Using Ultrasonic Wave Imaging Technique Based on a Pulsed Laser Scanning System (펄스 레이저 스캐닝 기반 초음파 영상화 기술을 활용한 원전 배관 비파괴 진단)

  • Kim, Hyun-Uk;Lee, Chang-Gil;Park, Seung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.166-173
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    • 2014
  • A noncontact nondestructive testing (NDT) method is proposed to detect the damage of pipeline structures and to identify the location of the damage. To achieve this goal, a scanning laser source actuation technique is utilized to generate a guided wave and scans a specific area to find damage location more precisely. The ND: YAG pulsed laser is used to generate Lamb wave and a piezoelectric sensor is installed to measure the structural responses. The measured responses are analyzed using three dimensional Fourier transformation (3DFT). The damage-sensitive features are extracted by wavenumber filtering based on the 3D FT. Then, flaw imaging techniques of a pipeline structures is conducted using the damage-sensitive features. Finally, the pipes with notches are investigated to verify the effectiveness and the robustness of the proposed NDT approach.

Effect of Deposition Temperature on Structural Properties of ZnO Thin Films on 4H-SiC Substrate (4H-SiC 기판 위에 성장된 ZnO 박막의 온도에 따른 구조적 특성 분석)

  • Kim, Ji-Hong;Cho, Dae-Hyung;Moon, Byung-Moo;Bahng, Wook;Kim, Sang-Cheol;Kim, Nam-Kyun;Koo, Sang-Mo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.120-120
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    • 2008
  • We demonstrate epitaxial growth of ZnO thin films on 4H-SiC(0001) substrates using pulsed laser deposition (PLD). ZnO and SiC have attracted attention for their special material properties as wide band gap semiconductors. Especially, ZnO could be applied to optoelectronic applications such as light emitting devices and photo detectors due to its direct wide bandgap (Eg) of ~3.37eV and large exciton binding energy of ~60meV. SiC shows a good lattice matching to ZnO compared with other commonly used substrates and in this regard SiC is a good candidate as a substrate for ZnO. In this work, ZnO thin films were grown on 4H-SiC(0001) substrates by PLD using an Nd:YAG laser with a 355nm wavelength. The crystalline properties of the films were evaluated by x-ray diffraction (XRD) $\theta-2\theta$, rocking curve and pole figure measurements using a high-resolution diffractometer. The surface morphology of the films was studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM).

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Magnetic hardening of nano-thick $Sm_2$$Fe_{17}$$N_x$ films grown by a pulsed laser deposition

  • Yang, Choong-Jin;Kim, Sang-Won;Jianmin Wu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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    • 2000.09a
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    • pp.251-265
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    • 2000
  • S $m_{2}$F $e_{17}$ $N_{x}$ film magnets using a S $m_{2}$F $e_{17}$ target were prepared at $N_{2}$ gas atmosphere using a Nd-YAG laser ablation technique. The effect of nitrogen pressure, deposition temperature, pulsation time and film thickness on the structure and magnetic properties of S $m_{2}$F $e_{17}$ $N_{x}$ film were studied. Increasing the nitrogen pressure up to 5 atm. was confirmed to lead the formation of complete S $m_{2}$F $e_{17}$ $N_{x}$ compound. Optimized magnetic properties with the nitrogenation temperature ranging over 500-53$0^{\circ}C$ could be obtained by extending the nitrogenation time up to 4 hours. Relatively low coercivities of 400~600 Oe were exhibited from the S $m_{2}$F $e_{17}$ $N_{x}$ films having the thickness of 50~100 nm while 4$\pi$ $M_{s}$ of 10~12 kG could be achieved. In-plane anisotropic characteristic, which was the basic goal in this study, was achieved by controlling the nitrogenation parameters.ameters.ers.ameters.

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Improvement of Tribological Characteristics of Multi-Scale Laser-Textured Surface in terms of Lubrication Regime (윤활영역에서 멀티크기 Laser Surface Texturing 효과)

  • Kim, Jong-Hyoung;Choi, Si Geun;Segu, Dawit Zenebe;Jung, Yong-Sub;Kim, Seock-Sam
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 2014
  • Laser Surface Texturing(LST) is a surface engineering process used to improve tribological characteristics of materials by creating patterned microstructures on the mechanical contact surface. In LST technology, a pulsated laser beam is used to create arranged dimples on a surface by a material ablation process, which can improve such as load capacity, wear resistances, lubrication lifetime, and reduce friction coefficients. In the present study, the effect of multi-scale LST on lubricant regime was investigated. A pulsed Nd:YAG laser was applied on the bearing steel(AISI 52100) to create arranged dimples. To optimize the surface texturing effect on friction, multi-scale texture dimples with some specific formula arrays were fabricated by combining circles, ellipses and the laser ablation process. The tribological testing of multi-scale textured surface was performed by a flat-on-flat unidirectional tribometer under lubrication and the results compared with that of the non-textured surface. Through an increase in sliding speed, the beneficial effect of multi-scale LST performance was achieved. The multi-scale textured surface had lower friction coefficient performances than the non-textured surface due to the hydrodynamic lubrication effect.

Laser Cladding with Al-36%Si Powder Paste on A319 Al Alloy Surface to Improve Wear Resistance (A319 알루미늄 합금 표면에 Al-36%Si 합금분말의 레이저 클래딩에 의한 내마모성 향상)

  • Lee, Hyoung-Keun
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.58-62
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    • 2017
  • A319 aluminum alloy containing 6.5% Si and 3.5% Cu as major alloying elements has been widely used in machinery parts because of its excellent castability and crack resistance. However it needs more wear resistance to extend its usage to the severe wear environments. It has been known that hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy having more than 12.6% Si contains pro-eutectic Si particles, which give better wear resistance and lubrication characteristics than hypo-eutectic Al-Si alloy like A319 alloy. In this study, it was tried to clad hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy on the surface of A319 alloy. In the experiments, Al-36%Si alloy powder was mixed with organic binder to make a fluidic paste. The paste was screen-printed on the A319 alloy surface, melted by pulsed Nd:YAG laser and alloyed with the A319 base alloy. As experimental parameters, the average laser power was changed to 111 W, 202 W and 280 W. With increasing the average laser power, the melting depth was changed to $142{\mu}m$, $205{\mu}m$ and $245{\mu}m$, and the dilution rate to 67.2 %, 72.4 % and 75.7 %, and the Si content in the cladding layer to 16.2 %, 14.6 % and 13.7 %, respectively. The cross-section of the cladding layer showed very fine eutectic microstructure even though it was hyper-eutectic Al-Si alloy. This seems to be due to the rapid solidification of the melted spot by single laser pulse. The average hardness for the three cladding layers was HV175, which was much higher than HV96 of A319 base alloy. From the block-on-roll wear tests, A319 alloy had a wear loss of 5.8 mg, but the three cladding layers had an average wear loss of 3.5 mg, which meant that an increase of 40 % in wear resistance was obtained by laser cladding.

UV emission characterization of ZnO thin films depending on the variation of oxygen pressure (분위기 산소압변화에 따른 ZnO박막의 UV발광 특성분석)

  • Bae, Sang-Hyuck;Lee, Sang-Yeol
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07d
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    • pp.1523-1525
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    • 1999
  • ZnO is a wide-bandgap II-VI semiconductor and has a variety of potential application. ZnO exhibits good piezoelectric, photoelectric and optic properties, and is good for a electroluminescence device. ZnO films have been deposited at (0001) shappire by PLD technique. Chamber was evacuated by turbomolecular pump to a base pressure of $1{\times}10^{-6}$ Torr Nd:YAG pulsed laser was operated at ${\lambda}=355nm$. The ZnO films were deposited at oxygen pressures from base to 500 mTorr. The substrate temperatures was increased from $200^{\circ}C$ to $700^{\circ}C$. At aleady works, UV emission and green-yellow PL was observed. In this work, ZnO films showed UV, violet, green and yellow emissions. UV emission was enhanced by increasing partial oxygen pressure. We investigated relationship between partial oxygen pressure and UV emission.

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SHG properties of MgO-doped $LiNbO_3$ single crystals

  • Lee, Jong-Soo;Kim, Chong-Don;Joo, Gi-Tae;Rhee, Bum-Ku
    • Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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    • 1997.06a
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 1997
  • The MgO-doped LiNbO$_3$ single crystals were grown along c-axis by the Czochralski method with the pulling rate of 3mm/h and the rotation of 10rpm. The MgO contents were form 1 to 4 mole%. The SHG properties were investigated with the pulsed Nd:YAG laser, and thermo-optic coefficient, electro-optic coefficient of birefringence and curie temperature were measured. Phase matching temperature and Curie temperature increase similarly with MgO content until 4 mole%.

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Quasi-phase matched optical parametric oscillators using periodically poled $KNbO_3$ crystals (주기적으로 분극 반전된 $KNbO_3$를 이용한 준위상 정합 광 매개 진동자)

  • Lee Gwang Jo;Kim Jung Hyeon;Im Min Ho;O Hyeon Ho;Lee Don Hui;Yun Chun Seop
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.02a
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    • pp.230-231
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    • 2003
  • $KNbO_3$is one of the best materials for efficient nonlinear frequency conversion, due to its large nonlinear optical coefficient ($d_{33}$ = 20.6 pm/V), wide transparency range (0.4 ~ 5 $\mu$m) and freedom from photorefractive effects. Quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation using periodically poled $KNbO_3$ (PPKN) crystals has been reported. Here we report on fabrication of PPKN and demonstration of a pulsed optical param etric oscillator (QPM OPO) pumped by an Nd:YAG laser. (omitted)

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