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Performance Analysis of a High-Speed All-Optical Subtractor using a Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifier-Based Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

  • Salehi, Mohammad Reza;Taherian, Seyed Farhad
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents the simulation and design of an all-optical subtractor using a quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer (QD-SOA MZI) structure consisting of two cascaded switches, the first of which produces the differential bit. Then the second switch produces the borrow bit by using the output of the first switch and the subtrahend data stream. Simulation results were obtained by solving the rate equations of the QD-SOA. The effects of QD-SOA length, peak power and current density have been investigated. The designed gate can operate at speeds of over 250 Gb/s. The simulation results demonstrate a high extinction ratio and a clear and wide-opening eye diagram.

무독성 양자점 감응형 태양전지 연구동향 (Research Trends in Heavy-Metal-Free Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells)

  • 김재엽;고민재
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.126-129
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    • 2015
  • Over the last two decades, quantum dot (QD) solar cells have attracted much attention due to the unique properties of QDs, including band gap tunability, slow hot electron cooling, and multiple exiton generation effect. However, most of the QDs employed in photovoltaic devices contain toxic heavy-metals such as cadmium or lead, which may limit the commercial application. Therefore, recently, heavy-metal-free QDs such as Cu-In-S or Cu-In-Se have been developed for application in solar cells. Here, we review the research trends in heavy-metal-free QD solar cells, mainly focusing on Cu-In-Se QD-sensitized solar cells (QDSC).

White Light -Emitting Diodes with Multi-Shell Quantum Dots

  • Kim, Kyung-Nam;Han, Chang-Soo;Jeong, So-Hee
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.92-92
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    • 2010
  • Replacing the existing illumination with solid-state lighting devices, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are expected to reduce energy consumption and environmental pollution as they provide better efficiency and longer lifetimes. Currently, white light emitting diodes are composed of UV or blue LED with down-converting materials such as highly luminescent phosphors White light-emitting diodes (LED) were fabricated with multi-shell nanocrystal quantum dots for enhanced luminance and improved stability over time. Multi-shell quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized through one pot process by using the Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) method. As prepared, the multi-shell QD has cubic lattice of zinc-blend structure with semi-spherical shape with quantum yield of higher than 60 % in solution. Further, highly fluorescent multi-shell QD was deposited on the blue LED, which resulted in QD-based white LED with high luminance with excellent color rendering properties.

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QD-OLED 와 양자 CMOS 를 이용한 질병 진단 시스템 (Disease diagnosis system using QD-OLED and quantum CMOS)

  • 김나영;이규민;이다은;최시정;김도연;최영선;조덕수
    • 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보처리학회 2023년도 추계학술발표대회
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    • pp.1061-1062
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    • 2023
  • 양자 CMOS 이미지와 QD-OLED 하이드로겔 저온 증폭 기술을 활용하여 기존 코로나 진단법의 한계를 극복하고, Machine Learning 모델을 통해 자동화된 바이러스 검출 시스템을 개발하는 것이다. 이를 통해 전문가 개입 없이도 높은 정확도로 질병 진단을 수행하는 웹 서비스를 구축함으로써, 코로나와 같은 전염병의 조기 진단과 효율적인 대응을 위한 새로운 도구를 제공하는 것이 목표이다. 이를 통해 의료 분야에서의 혁신과 질병관리의 향상에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

As 차단 시간 변화에 의한 InAs 양자점의 광학적 특성 (Optical Properties of InAs Quantum Dots Grown by Changing Arsenic Interruption Time)

  • 최윤호;류미이;조병구;김진수
    • 한국진공학회지
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.86-91
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    • 2013
  • Arsenic interruption growth (AIG)법을 이용하여 GaAs 기판에 성장한 InAs 양자점(quantum dots, QDs)의 광학적 특성을 PL (photoluminescence)과 time-resolved PL을 이용하여 분석하였다. AIG법은 InAs 양자점 성장 동안 In 공급은 계속 유지하면서 셔텨(shutter)를 이용해서 As 공급과 차단을 조절하는 방법이다. 본 연구에서는 As 공급과 차단을 1초(S1), 2초(S2), 또는 3초(S3) 동안 반복하여 성장한 InAs QDs과 As 차단 없이 성장한 기준시료(S0)를 사용하였다. AIG법으로 성장한 시료들의 PL 세기는 기준시료보다 모두 강하게 나타나고, As 차단 시간에 따라 PL 피크는 적색이동(redshifted) 또는 청색이동 (blueshifted)하여 나타났다. 기준시료 S0의 PL 피크와 비교하였을 때 S1의 PL 피크의 적색이동은 양자점 평균 길이가 S0보다 증가하였기 때문이며, S3의 청색이동은 양자점 평균 길이가 S0보다 감소하였기 때문이다. AIG법으로 성장한 QDs 시료들의 PL 세기의 증가는 cluster의 감소, 양자점 밀도의 증가, 균일도의 향상, 종횡비(aspect ratio) 향상으로 설명된다. 온도에 따른 PL 세기와 PL 피크 에너지, PL 소멸 시간과 발광 파장에 따른 PL 소멸 시간을 측정하였다. As 공급과 차단을 2초로 하였을 때 cluster는 전혀 나타나지 않았고 양자점의 밀도는 증가하였으며 균일도와 종횡비도 향상되었다. 또한 S2는 가장 강한 PL 세기와 가장 긴 소멸 시간을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 AIG법을 이용하여 InAs 양자점의 크기, 조밀도, 균일도, 종횡비 등을 조절하여 원하는 파장대의 양자점을 성장할 수 있으며 발광 특성도 향상시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

침강 장-흐름 분획법을 이용한 CdS 양자점 입자의 특성 분석 (Characterization of CdS-quantum dot particles using sedimentation field-flow fractionation (SdFFF))

  • 최재영;김도균;정의창;권해두;이승호
    • 분석과학
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2015
  • CdS 양자점 입자는 특정 파장의 빛을 방출하는 반도체 나노 결정으로 이러한 광학적 특성 때문에 질병 진단 시약, 광학기술, 미디어 산업 및 태양전지와 같은 다양한 분야에서 응용되는 물질이다. 방출하는 빛의 색은 입자의 크기에 의존하기 때문에 CdS 양자점 입자의 크기 및 크기분포를 정확하게 분석하는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 CdS 양자점 입자를 감마-선 조사법(${\gamma}$-ray irradiation method)을 이용하여 합성하고, 크기 및 크기 분포도를 결정하기 위하여 침강 장-흐름 분획법 (SdFFF)를 이용하였다. 침강 장-흐름 분획법을 이용한 CdS 양자점 입자의 정확한 분석을 위하여 분석조건의 최적화(유속, 외부장 세기, field-programming)에 대하여 조사되었다. 투과 전자 현미경(transmission electron microscopy, TEM)으로 확인된 단일 입자의 크기는 ~4 nm 였으며, 단일 입자의 응집으로 생성된 2차 입자 크기의 평균은 159 nm로 확인되었다. 첨가된 입자 안정제의 농도가 증가할수록 CdS 양자점 입자의 크기가 감소하는 경향성을 확인하였다. 침강 장-흐름 분획법, 투과 전자 현미경, 그리고 동적 광 산란법(dynamic light scattering, DLS)으로 결정된 CdS 양자점 크기는 각각 126, 159, 그리고 152 nm 였다. 본 연구의 결과로 침강 장-흐름 분획법은 비교적 넓은 크기분포를 갖는 다양한 종류의 무기입자의 크기 및 크기 분포도를 결정하는데 유용한 방법임을 확인하였다.

Effect of Photo-darkening on the Response Time of PbSe Quantum-dots Doped Optical Fiber

  • Watekar, Pramod R.;Lin, Aoxiang;Ju, Seong-Min;Han, Won-Taek
    • 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국광학회 2008년도 동계학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.251-252
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    • 2008
  • We fabricated silica glass optical fiber containing PbSe quantum-dots (QD) of average size 3.2 nm. The response time of the PbSe-QD doped optical fiber was measured to be around 200 ps. However, after exposure to 1064 nm laser emission for 15 minutes, the response time dramatically reduced to around 2.5 ps, which may be due to photo-darkening effect.

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Energy separation and carrier-phonon scattering in CdZnTe/ZnTe quantum dots on Si substrate

  • 만민탄;이홍석
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.191.2-191.2
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    • 2015
  • Details of carrier dynamics in self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) with a particular attention to nonradiative processes are not only interesting for fundamental physics, but it is also relevant to performance of optoelectronic devices and the exploitation of nanocrystals in practical applications. In general, the possible processes in such systems can be considered as radiative relaxation, carrier transfer between dots of different dimensions, Auger nonradiactive scattering, thermal escape from the dot, and trapping in surface and/or defects states. Authors of recent studies have proposed a mechanism for the carrier dynamics of time-resolved photoluminescence CdTe (a type II-VI QDs) systems. This mechanism involves the activation of phonons mediated by electron-phonon interactions. Confinement of both electrons and holes is strongly dependent on the thermal escape process, which can include multi-longitudinal optical phonon absorption resulting from carriers trapped in QD surface defects. Furthermore, the discrete quantized energies in the QD density of states (1S, 2S, 1P, etc.) arise mainly from ${\delta}$-functions in the QDs, which are related to different orbitals. Multiple discrete transitions between well separated energy states may play a critical role in carrier dynamics at low temperature when the thermal escape processes is not available. The decay time in QD structures slightly increases with temperature due to the redistribution of the QDs into discrete levels. Among II-VI QDs, wide-gap CdZnTe QD structures characterized by large excitonic binding energies are of great interest because of their potential use in optoelectronic devices that operate in the green spectral range. Furthermore, CdZnTe layers have emerged as excellent candidates for possible fabrication of ferroelectric non-volatile flash memory. In this study, we investigated the optical properties of CdZnTe/ZnTe QDs on Si substrate grown using molecular beam epitaxy. Time-resolved and temperature-dependent PL measurements were carried out in order to investigate the temperature-dependent carrier dynamics and the activation energy of CdZnTe/ZnTe QDs on Si substrate.

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유연기판위에 상분리를 이용한 반도체 나노입자 증착 (Deposition of Nanocrystals using Phase Separation on Flexible Substrates)

  • 오승균;정국채;김영국;최철진
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.284-284
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    • 2009
  • We have fabricated semiconductor nanocrystals using phase separation on flexible substrates for future application in QD-LEDs. The phase separation between the CdSe semiconductor nanocrystals and TPD organic underlayer can occur during the solvent drying, and the CdSe may rise towards the surface of the coated films, which is arranged into close packed array called self-assembly process. In this work, the polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) films of $200{\mu}m$ thickness was used as a flexible substrate, which was coated with indium tin oxide(ITO) as a transparent electrode of <$15{\Omega}/cm^2$. A number of solvents such as chloroform, toluene, and hexane was used and their coating properties were investigated using the spin coating process. The dispersion of both QD and TPD was rather poor in toluene and hexane and resulted in rougher surface and some aggregates. Meanwhile, the surface roughness of templates can be a very critical issue in the fabrication of QD-LED devices. Some experiments was performed to reduce the ~4nm surface roughness of the PEN films and It can be decreased to the minimum of ~0.7nm. Also discussed are the optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals used in this phase separation and possible large area and continuous coating process for future application.

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