• 제목/요약/키워드: Quantum Measurement

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Design of an Antireflection Coating for High-efficiency Superconducting Nanowire Single-photon Detectors

  • Choi, Jiman;Choi, Gahyun;Lee, Sun Kyung;Park, Kibog;Song, Woon;Lee, Dong-Hoon;Chong, Yonuk
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • 제5권4호
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    • pp.375-383
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    • 2021
  • We present a simulation method to design antireflection coating (ARCs) for fiber-coupled superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. Using a finite-element method, the absorptance of the nanowire is calculated for a defined unit-cell structure consisting of a fiber, ARC layer, nanowire absorber, distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) mirror, and air gap. We develop a method to evaluate the uncertainty in absorptance due to the uncontrollable parameter of air-gap distance. The validity of the simulation method is tested by comparison to an experimental realization for a case of single-layer ARC, which results in good agreement. We show finally a double-layer ARC design optimized for a system detection efficiency of higher than 95%, with a reduced uncertainty due to the air-gap distance.

High-resolution Spectroscopy of the Nickel-like Molybdenum X-ray Laser Toward the Generation of Circularly Polarized X-ray Laser

  • Hasegawa, Noboru;Sasaki, Akira;Yamatani, Hiroshi;Kishimoto, Maki;Tanaka, Momoko;Ochi, Yoshihiro;Nishikino, Masaharu;Kunieda, Yuichi;Kawachi, Tetsuya;Yoneda, Hitoki;Iwamae, Atsushi
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • 제13권1호
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    • pp.60-64
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    • 2009
  • We attempted the first measurement of the spectral width of the nickel-like molybdenum x-ray laser (${\lambda}\;=\;18.895\;nm$) by use of a high-resolution spectrometer in order to determine the strength of the magnetic field required for the generation of a circularly polarized x-ray laser. The spectral width was measured to be ${\Delta}{\lambda}\;=\;18\;m{\AA}$ under the substantial lasing condition. The magnetic field required for the generation of a circularly polarized x-ray laser was 40 T. The splitting of the x-ray laser line was clearly obtained under 15 T external magnetic field. The strength of the magnetic field estimated from the splitting of the x-ray laser line was large compared with the external magnetic field. It implies that there might be an alternative mechanism for enhancement of the magnetic field in the gain medium plasma.

Heteroepitaxial Structure of ZnO Films Deposited on Graphene, $SiO_2$ and Si Substrates

  • Pak, Sang-Woo;Cho, Seong-Gook;Kim, Eun-Kyu
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.309-309
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    • 2012
  • Heteroepitaxial growth remains as one of the continuously growing interests, because the heterogeneous crystallization on different substrates is a common feature in the fabrication processes of many semiconductor materials and devices, such as molecular beam epitaxy, pulsed laser deposition, sputtering, chemical bath deposition, chemical vapor deposition, hydrothermal synthesis, vapor phase transport and so on [1,2]. By using the R.F. sputtering system, ZnO thin films were deposited on graphene 4 and 6 mono layers, which is grown on 400 nm and 600 nm $SiO_2$ substrates, respectively. The ZnO thin layer was deposited at various temperatures by using a ZnO target. In this experimental, the working power and pressure were $3{\times}10^{-3}$ Torr and 50 W, respectively. The base pressure of the chamber was kept at a pressure around $10^{-6}$ Torr by using a turbo molecular pump. The oxygen and argon gas flows were controlled around 5 and 10 sccm by using a mass flow controller system, respectively. The structural properties of the samples were analyzed by XRD measurement. The film surface and carrier concentration were analyzed by an atomic force microscope and Hall measurement system. The surface morphologies were observed using field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM).

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Graph neural network based multiple accident diagnosis in nuclear power plants: Data optimization to represent the system configuration

  • Chae, Young Ho;Lee, Chanyoung;Han, Sang Min;Seong, Poong Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제54권8호
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    • pp.2859-2870
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    • 2022
  • Because nuclear power plants (NPPs) are safety-critical infrastructure, it is essential to increase their safety and minimize risk. To reduce human error and support decision-making by operators, several artificial-intelligence-based diagnosis methods have been proposed. However, because of the nature of data-driven methods, conventional artificial intelligence requires large amount of measurement values to train and achieve enough diagnosis resolution. We propose a graph neural network (GNN) based accident diagnosis algorithm to achieve high diagnosis resolution with limited measurements. The proposed algorithm is trained with both the knowledge about physical correlation between components and measurement values. To validate the proposed methodology has a sufficiently high diagnostic resolution with limited measurement values, the diagnosis of multiple accidents was performed with limited measurement values and also, the performance was compared with convolution neural network (CNN). In case of the experiment that requires low diagnostic resolution, both CNN and GNN showed good results. However, for the tests that requires high diagnostic resolution, GNN greatly outperformed the CNN.

Effects of Hydrogen on the PWSCC Initiation Behaviours of Alloy 182 Weld in PWR Environments

  • Kim, H.-S.;Hong, J.-D.;Lee, J.;Gokul, O.S.;Jang, C.
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.113-119
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    • 2015
  • Alloy 82/182 weld metals had been extensively used in joining the components of the PWR primary system. Unfortunately, there have been a number of incidents of cracking caused by PWSCC in Alloy 82/182 welds during the operation of PWR worldwide. To mitigate PWSCC, optimization of water-chemistry conditions, especially dissolved hydrogen (DH) and Zn contents, is considered as the most promising and effective remedial method. In this study, the PWSCC behaviours of Alloy 182 weld were investigated in simulated PWR environments with various DH content. Both in-situ and ex-situ oxide characterizations as well as PWSCC initiation tests were performed. The results showed that PWSCC crack initiation time was shortest in PWR water (DH: 30cc/kg). Also, high stress reduced crack initiation time. Oxide layer showed multi-layered structures consisted of the outer needle-like Ni-rich oxide layer, Fe-rich crystalline oxide, and inner Cr-rich inner oxide layers, which was not altered by the level of applied stress. To analyse the multi-layer structure of oxides, EIS measurement were fitted into an equivalent circuit model. Further analyses including TEM and EDS are underway to verify appropriateness of the equivalent circuit model.

Condensable InP Quantum Dot Solids

  • Tung, Dao Duy;Dung, Mai Xuan;Jeong, Hyun-Dam
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.541-541
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    • 2012
  • InP quantum dots capped by myristic acid (InP-MA QDs) were synthesized by a typical hot injection method using MA as stablizing agent. The current density across the InP-MA QDs thin film which was fabricated by spin-coating method is about $10^{-4}A/cm^2$ at the electric field of 0.1 MV/cm from I-V measurement on a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) device. The low conductivity of the InP-MA QDs thin film is interpreted as due to the long interdistances among the dots governed by the MA molecules. Therefore, replacing the MA with thioacetic acid (TAA) by biphasic ligand exchange was conducted in order to obtain TAA capped InP QDs (InP-TAA). InP-TAA QDs were designed due to: 1) the TAA is very short molecule; 2) the thiolate groups on the surface of the InP-TAA QDs are expected to undergo condensation reaction upon thermal annealing which connects the QDs within the QD thin film through a very short linker -S-; and 3) TAA provides better passivation to the QDs both in the solution and thin film states which minimizing the effect of surface trapping states.

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고전 상관관계를 갖는 두 빛을 이용한 고스트 이미징 (Ghost Imaging With Classically Correlated Beams)

  • 배삼용;윤선현
    • 한국광학회지
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    • 제16권6호
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    • pp.481-484
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    • 2005
  • 빛의 양자역학적 성질인 얽힘(entanglement)을 이용한 양자 고스트 이미징(quantum ghost imaging)은 고전적인 동시계수 측정(classical coincidence measurement)에 의해서도 정성적으로 재현됨이 알려져 있다[1,2]. 본 실험에서는 진행방향에서 고전적인 상관관계를 가지는 빛을 이용하여 고전 동시계수 이미징(classical coincidence imaging) 실험을 수행하여 양자역학적 얽힘 상태에서 볼 수 있는 현상들을 관측하고 고스트 이미지가 나오는 원리를 분석하였다. 고전적인 상관관계를 가지는 광원은 아르곤이온 레이저에서 나오는 빛의 경로를 스피커에 부착되어 회전하는 거울에 반사시켜 진행방향에 대해 상관관계를 가지도록 만들어 사용하였다.

에너지스펙트럼 분석을 통한 폴리스타이렌 기반 플라스틱 섬광체의 파장쉬프터 비율 최적화 (Optimization of the Wavelength Shifter Ratio in a Polystyrene Based Plastic Scintillator through Energy Spectrum Analysis)

  • 김예원;문명국;김명수;유현준;이대희;조규성
    • 방사선산업학회지
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    • 제10권4호
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    • pp.167-171
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    • 2016
  • The scintillation efficiency of the polystyrene based plastic scintillator depends on the ratio of the wavelength shifters, organic fluors(PPO and POPOP). Thus, 24 samples of the plastic scintillator were fabricated in order to find out the optimum ratio of the wavelength shifters in the plastic scintillator. The fabricated plastic scintillators were trimmed through a cutting and polishing process. They were used in gamma energy spectrum measurement with the $^{137}Cs$ emitting mono-energy photon with 662 keV for the comparison of the scintillation efficiency. As a result, it was found out that the scintillator sample with 1.00 g of PPO (2,5-Diphenyloxazole) and 0.50 g of POPOP (1,4-Bis(5-phnyl-2oxidazolyl)benzene) dissolved in 100 g of styrene solution has the optimum ratio in terms of the light yield of the polystyrene based plastic scintillator.