• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.209.1-209.1
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• 2012

TUS(Tracking Ultraviolet Setup)는 5x1019 eV 이상의 초고에너지 우주선의 스펙트럼과 그 기원, 그리고 고층대기 극한방전 현상(TLE) 관측을 위한 우주망원경이다. 위성 Lomonosov의 탑재체로 2013년에 발사예정에 있으며 지구로부터 550km 상공에서 지구를 돌며 3년 이상 임무를 수행할 예정이다. TUS는 크게 반사경과 Detector Module 두 부분으로 나뉜다. 7개의 육각형 프레넬 거울을 이용한 $2m^2$ 크기의 반사경과 256개의 PMT(Photo Multiplier Tube)로 구성된 Detector Module을 이용하여 지구 대기에서 초고에너지 우주선에 의해 발생하는 UV fluorescence와 Cherenkov light를 관측한다. TUS Detector Module의 한 부분인 Pinhole Camera는 본 연구단의 기술로 직접 개발한 탑재체로서 TUS 반사경을 통하지 않고 두개의 $8{\times}8$ 어레이 MAPMT (Multi Anode PMT)가 직접 지구를 바라보며 고층대기 극한방전 현상을 관측한다. Pinhole camera는 TUS의 시야각을 포괄하는 넓은 시야각을 가지고 있으며 빠른 트리거 시스템으로 고층대기 극한 방전 현상을 관측하며, 이 방전현상과 TUS가 관측하는 초고에너지 우주선과의 상관 관계를 연구한다. 현재 TUS 및 Pinhole Camera는 러시아에서 조립되어 우주환경 인증 시험 및 인터페이스 테스트가 진행되고 있다. 본 발표에서는 TUS와 Pinhole Camera를 소개하고 현재까지의 진행상황 및 테스트 결과에 대해 보고하고자 한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.1091-1097
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• 2019

After the Fukushima accident in 2011, there has been increased public concern about radioactive contamination of water resources through fallout in neighboring countries. However, there is still no available initial response system that can promptly detect radionuclides. The purpose of this research is to develop the most efficient gamma spectrometer to monitor radionuclides in an aquatic environment. We chose a thallium-doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl)) scintillator readout with a silicon photo multiplier (SiPM) due to its compactness and low operating voltage. Three types of a scintillation detector were tested. One was composed of a scintillator and a photomultiplier tube (PMT) as a reference; another system consisted of a scintillator and an array of SiPMs with a light guide; and the other was a scintillator directly coupled with an array of SiPMs. Among the SiPM-based detectors, the direct coupling system showed the best energy resolution at all energy peaks. It achieved 9.76% energy resolution for a 662 keV gamma ray. Through additional experiments and a simulation, we proved that the light guide degraded energy resolution with increasing statistical uncertainty. The results indicated that the SiPM-based scintillation detector with no light guide is the most efficient design for monitoring radionuclides in an aquatic environment.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.271-276
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• 2021

Arc fault detector based on multilevel DWT with analysis of high-frequency noise components over 100 kHz is proposed in this study to improve the performance in detecting serial arcs and distinguishing them from inverter noise in PV systems. PV inverters generally operate at a frequency range of 20-50 kHz for switching operation and maximum power tracking control, and the effect of these frequency components on the signal for arc detection leads to negative arc detection. High-speed ADC and multilevel DWT are used in this study to analyze frequency components above 100 kHz. Such high frequency components are less influenced by inverter noise and utilized to detect as well as separate DC series arc from inverter noise. Arc detectors identify the input current of PV inverters using a Rogowski coil. The sensed signal is filtered, amplified, and used in 800kSPS ADC and DWT analysis and arc occurrence determination in DSP. An arc detection simulation facility in UL1699B was constructed and AFD tests the proposed detector were conducted to verify the performance of arc detection and performance of distinction of the negative arc. The satisfactory performance of the arc detector meets the standard of arc detection and extinguishing time of UL1699B with an arc detection time of approximately 0.11 seconds.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.193-196
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• 2003

We have developed a laser welding monitoring system to monitor laser welding process conditions such as sample feed rate, laser focal position, and laser power. A 2 ㎾ Nd:YAG CW laser beam has been applied to the welding of a stainless steel plate (SUS306) to investigate the welding monitoring. Theradiation signal from the weld pool was guided back through the focusing optics and the laser delivery fiber, and measured by a photo detector. By changing the focus of the laser beam along the z-direction, the penetration depth of the welding material has been measured. That shows the penetration depth depends on the frequency fluctuations of the plume signals which can be used in welding quality control.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.62-69
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• 2012

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been widely utilized as a versatile tool not only for imaging surfaces but also for understanding nano-scale interfacial phenomena. By measuring the responses of the photo detector due to bending and torsion of the cantilever, which are caused by the interactions between the probe and the sample surface, various interfacial phenomena and properties can be explored. One of the challenges faced by AFM researchers originates in the physics of measuring the small forces that act between the probe of a force sensing cantilever and the sample. To understand the interactions between the probe and the sample quantitatively, the force calibration is essential. In this work, the procedures used to calibrate AFM instrumentation for nano-scale force measurement in normal and lateral directions are reviewed.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.44-50
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• 2012

When the fiber Bragg gratings are embedded in a fiber-optic Sagnac loop for measuring temperature or strain, it is difficult to separate the Bragg wavelengths. The transmitted light is mixed with the reflected Bragg wavelengths in the photo-detector, working as noises. To suppress the noises, we placed the FBG sensors and a fiber-optic attenuator at asymmetric positions in the loop. With the arrangement the reflected light became much bigger than the transmitted light, enabling the separation of the reflected Bragg wavelengths with almost the same signal-to-noise ratio of the FBG sensors outside the loop.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.239-248
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• 2004

Optical coherence tomography(OCT) is high resolution imaging system which can see the cross section of microscopic organs in the living tissue. In this paper, we analyze the relation between the light source and the resolution of modulated signal in Michelson interferometer. We construct 1-D OCT signal processing hardware such as amplifiers, filters, and demodulate electronic signals from the photo detector. In order to get 2-D OCT image, the synchronization among optical delay line, sample stage and A/D converter is dealt with. In experiments, we verify analog and digital signal processing blocks which apply to the stacks of glasses. Finally we aquire high resolution 2-D OCT image with respect to the onion tissue. We expect that this result can be applied to the medical instrument through performance improvement.

• 전기의세계
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.548-552
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• 1985

서울대학교 병원에서는 약2년간의 이분야에 대한 기초 및 임상연구 결과를 토대로 하여 D.S.R.System을 개발하고 있다. 현재 개발하고 있는 Systme은 다음과 같다. 1) X선 발생장치 및 Control부분 2) 산란효과 제거를 위한 fore-slit 및 after-slit과 구동장치 3) X선을 광신호로 변환하기 위한 rare earth screen과 광신호를 전기적인 신호로 변환시키기 위한 photo-diode array detector의 결합체, 4) data 수집부분, 증폭장치와 A/D변환기, 고속 data 저장용 기억장치 부분 5) data 처리와 display를 위한 Bit-slice processor 5) Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) 이러한 부분 이외에 SNR을 향상시키고 좁은 부위의 region of interest를 보다 정확하게 관찰하기 위해서 511p/mm의 고밀도 선형검출기를 병행으로 사용하고 있다. 이 선형검출기를 이용하여 일부의 영상을 관찰하여 그 결과를 Wiener filter 등의 방법의 매개변수 선정에 이용하여 전체적인 영상의 질을 향상시키고자 하는 것이다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1993.10b
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• pp.545-549
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• 1993

an alignment system in the X-and Y-directions an X-Y-.theta. stage driven by piezoelectric actuators is presented. A pair of quadruple gratings and a quadruple photo-detector are used. The difference between the two 0-th order moire signals in reflection with a relative spatial phase of 180.deg. is used in each direction to control the alignment of the X-Y-.theta. stage. The stage is aligned at the position where the difference is zero. The quadruple gratings are 10 mm * 10 mm, and of a binary square-type with a 1/2 duty cycle. Their pitches are 16 .mu.m. Alignment accuracy of .+-.20nm was obtained in this system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.30-36
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• 2004

The development of LD(Laser Diode) tester and its control system based on the graphical programming language(LabVIEW) is addressed. The ill tester is used to check the optic power and the optic spectrum of the LD Chip. The emitter size of LD chip and the diameter of the Detector(optic fiber and photo diode) are very small, therefore the test device needs high accuracy. But each motion part of the test device could not accomplish high accuracy due to the limit of the mechanical performance. So, an image processing with machine vision is proposed to compensate for the error. By adopting our method we can reduce the error of position within $\pm$5$\mu\textrm{m}$.