전극 구조의 최적화를 통한 저전력 열광학 스위치 설계

최철현,공창경,이민우,성준호,이승걸,박세근,이일항,오범환,Choi, Chul-Hyun,Kong, Chang-Kyeng,Lee, Min-Woo,Sung, Jun-Ho,Lee, Seung-Gol,Park, Se-Geun,Lee, El-Hang,O, Beom-Hoan 한국광학회 2009 한국광학회지 Vol.20 No.5

본 논문에서는 높은 소멸비뿐만 아니라 낮은 파워 소모를 가지는 방향성 결합기 구조의 열광학 스위치를 설계하였다. 설계된 스위치는 전극의 열발생 유무에 따라 폴리머의 굴절률이 변하는 열광학 효과를 이용하여 동작한다. 전극에 파워가 인가되지 않으면(OFF), 입사된 빛은 반대쪽 도파로로 대부분 전이된다. 전극에 일정수준 이상으로 파워가 인가되면(ON), 입력 도파로로 입사된 빛은 반대쪽 도파로의 굴절률이 낮아져 입력 도파로로 진행한다. 방향성 결합기 스위치는 소멸비 일반화 곡선과 입력 도파로의 수평이동 방법을 이용하여 설계되었다. 결합길이는 1,610 ${\mu}m$, on과 off 상태의 소멸비는 각각 -28, -30 dB로 설계되었다. 또한, 본 논문에서 전극 구조는 열분석을 통해 최적화되었다. 전극의 폭(w)이 증가하고 전극과 도파로의 중심간격(d)이 감소할수록 도파로로 전달되는 열은 증가하였다. 전극에서 발생된 열은 반대쪽 도파로에도 영향을 주기 때문에 두 도파로간의 온도차이는 주어진 w와 d에 따라 변한다. 이때, 최대의 온도차이를 보이는 특정한 조건이 존재하였다. 최대 온도차이는 전극의 폭이 넓을수록, 전극의 온도가 높을수록 증가한다. 특히, 스위칭에 필요한 온도차이를 최대 온도차이 조건으로 설계하면 전극의 온도를 낮출 수 있다. 최대 온도차이 조건은 열광학 스위치의 파워소모를 감소시키는 방안이 될 것으로 기대된다. We designed a thermo-optic switch based on a directional coupler with not only a high extinction ratio but also significantly low power consumption. The switch operates by using the thermo-optic effect of the polymer which the refractive index changes by heating the electrode. If the electrode is not powered (OFF), the input light will be coupled completely to the other waveguide. When the electrode is powered at a certain level (ON), input light launched into the input waveguide will remain in that waveguide due to the lower index adjusted in the other waveguide. The switch based on the directional coupler was designed using the generalized extinction ratio curve and the lateral shift of the input waveguide. The coupling length is 1,610 ${\mu}m$ and the extinction ratios are -28 and -30 dB for ON and OFF states, respectively. The electrode structures were optimized by thermal analysis. The transported heat into the waveguide is increased, as the electrode width (w) is increased and the center distance between the electrode and the waveguide (d) is decreased. Also, because the heat generated in the electrode affects the other waveguide, the temperature difference between two waveguides is varied as the given w and d. There are specific conditions which have the maximum of the temperature difference. That of the temperature difference is increased as the width and the temperature of the electrode are increased. Especially, when the switch is designed using the condition with the maximum of the temperature difference for switching, the temperature of the electrode can be decreased. We expect this condition will be the novel method for the reduction of the power consumption in a thermo-optic switch.

LED 광 추출 효율 향상을 위한 상부 층 특성 고찰

최철현,이동진,임해동,김보순,성준호,이민우,오범환,Choi, Chul-Hyun,Lee, Dong-Jin,Yim, Hae-Dong,Kim, Bo-Soon,Sung, Jun-Ho,Lee, Min-Woo,O, Beom-Hoan 한국광학회 2011 한국광학회지 Vol.22 No.1

본 논문에서는 통상적인 LED 구조 위에 추가적으로 상부 층을 형성하여 LED의 광 추출 효율을 개선하였다. 상부 층의 두께 및 굴절률 변화에 따른 LED의 광 방출 특성을 전산모사하였고 광 추출 효율이 개선되는 조건을 분석하였다. 약 1.05~1.40의 굴절률 범위에서 LED의 광방출이 증가하였다. 또한, 이 범위에서 두께가 증가할수록 광방출이 증가하였다. 굴절률이 1.30@589.3 nm인 인덱스 매칭 액체를 실제 LED의 상부 층으로 형성하여 LED의 광 추출 효율이 약 22% 정도 향상됨을 실험적으로 보였다. 이렇게 LED 위에 상부 층을 형성하는 개념은 간단하게 LED의 광 추출 효율을 개선할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. In this paper, we improved the light extraction efficiency by considering an additional upper layer on the top surface of a conventional LED. We simulated the LED's light emission as functions of the thickness and the refractive index of the upper layer, and analyzed how the condition improved the light efficiency. When the refractive index's range was from 1.05 to 1.40, the LED emission increased. For that case, the emission also increased as the thickness increased. We experimentally showed that the light extraction efficiency was improved about 22% by forming the upper layer on the top surface of an LED using material with refractive index 1.30 at 589.3 nm. It is expected that forming the upper layer on an LED can easily improve the extraction efficiency.

방향성 결합기 소멸비 특성의 일반화 경향과 파장분리기의 소형화 설계

최철현,오범환,이승걸,박세근,이일항,Choi, Chul-Hyun,O, Beom-Hoan,Lee, Seung-Gol,Park, Se-Geun,Lee, El-Hang 한국광학회 2005 한국광학회지 Vol.16 No.5

In a directional coupler, the design process requires repeated calculation of the characteristics of every changed structure, because it is generally difficult to expect the extinction ratio to be optimized over the entire variation of design parameters. In this paper, we systematically simulated the extinction ratio as a function of the design parameters, and analyzed the general tendency of that characteristic. In other words, we could find the generalized extinction ratio curve if the separation distance is normalized by the waveguide width. Here, the extinction ratio is shown to be increased as the normalized frequency (v) and the ratio (d) of the separation distance over the waveguide width were increased. For various structures with same ratio d, all corresponding extinction ratio curves as a function of v coincide with each other. We showed the usefulness of the generalized extinction ratio curve by applying it to the design and the fabrication of 1310/l550 nm demultiplexer, as it was convenient to design a shorter directional coupler with targeted extinction ratio from this curve. 방향성 결합기의 각종 설계 구조변경에 대해 소멸비 특성의 변화를 직관적으로 예측하기 쉽지 않으므로 각 구조마다 매번 번거로운 특성 계산의 반복 작업이 수행되었다. 본 논문에서는 방향성 결합기의 설계구조 변수의 조절에 따른 소멸비 특성 변화를 체계적으로 계산하였고, 이 특성변화의 일반적인 경향을 파악하였다. 즉, 도파로 간격을 입력 도파로의 폭으로 규격화하면 이 변화 경향을 일반화하는 특성곡선을 얻을 수 있는 것으로 파악되었다. 이때, 정규화주파수 v와 도파간격비율 d가 큰 구조일수록 소멸비를 높일 수 있었고, d를 동일하게 유지한 여러 경우의 구조에 대해서는 v의 변화에 따른 소멸비 특성곡선이 일치하는 것을 보였다. 이러한 소멸비 특성의 일반화 경향은 높은 소멸비 특성을 유지하면서도 소자를 작게 설계하거나 파장분리기의 설계에 유용하게 활용될 수 있으므로 1310/1550 nm 파장 분리기의 설계와 제작에 적용하여 그 효용성을 확인하였다.

위성영상을 기반으로 도출된 식물계절과 기온요인과의 상관관계 분석

최철현 ( Chul Hyun Choi ),정성관 ( Sung Gwan Jung ),박경훈 ( Kyung Hun Park ) 한국지리정보학회 2016 한국지리정보학회지 Vol.19 No.1

Climate change are known to have had enormous impacts on plant phenology and thus to have damage on other species which are interacted within ecosystem. In Korea, however, it is difficult to analyze the relationship between climate and phenology due to the limitation of measurement data of plant phenological records. In this study, to be effective analysis of SOG(start of growing season), we used phenological transition dates by using satellite data. Then, we identified the most influential variable in variation of SOG throughout the relationship between SOG and temperature factors. As a result, there is a strong correlation between the SOG and April temperature, TSOGmin(3℃, 12days). This study is expected to be used for predicting plant phenological change using climate change scenario data.

공간구문론과 GIS를 이용한 조망점 위치결정

최철현 ( Chul Hyun Choi ),정성관 ( Sung Kwan Jung ),이우성 ( Woo Sung Lee ) 한국지리정보학회 2011 한국지리정보학회지 Vol.14 No.2

A selection of viewpoint is a first priority for landscape evaluation. However, it has been artificially carried out by a subjective method without of criterion. Therefore, this study proposed the objective and quantitative viewpoint selection methods using space syntax and GIS. For this, the study area on samduk3 residential improvement district located at Daegu city was divided into 24 sectors of visibility zone by distance and direction. After that, the preliminary viewpoints equally distributed in space were selected by axial map analysis of space syntax and viewshed-frequency analysis of GIS. According to the result of selection of the final viewpoints using the VEI(Viewpoint Evaluation Index), all the final viewpoints were placed in the National Debt Repayment Movement; VEI value of VP-2 was 112.63 in the foreground, VP-10 was 18.31 in the middleground and VP-18 was 5.55 in the background. Selected viewpoints were verified as a big changing of landscape variation and high chance of view such as the public area, the park and the high-density residential area. Thus, VEI will be used as a quantitative method of selecting viewpoints and it is expected to be able to use as the objective indicator.

RUSLE 모형을 이용한 경주국립공원의 토양침식 위험지역 추정

최철현 ( Chul Hyun Choi ),유주한 ( Ju Han You ),정성관 ( Sung Gwan Jung ) 한국환경생태학회 2013 한국환경생태학회지 Vol.27 No.5

본 연구는 경주국립공원 전체 지구를 대상으로 토양침식에 대해 RUSLE 기법을 활용하여 잠재적 토양유실량과 침식위험도를 파악함으로써 토양생태계의 지속적인 보전과 더불어 재해방지 계획 수립을 위한 기초 자료 제공에 그 목적이 있다. 연평균 토양침식량 분석 결과, 전체 지구의 평균 토양침식량은 5.7ton/ha/yr로 나타났으며, 지구별로 남산 지구가 7.6ton/ha/yr로 가장 높았고 서악 지구가 2.1ton/ha/yr로 가장 낮았다. 토양침식위험등급 지역은 1% 미만으로 분석되었으며, 구미산 지구와 화랑 지구는 심각한 지역이 없었다. 그러나 남산 지구는 심각한 지역이 다른 지구에 비해 높게 나타났으며, 금오봉 일대에 집중되어 있었다. 따라서 금오봉 일대를 보호하기 위해서는 적절한 복원 및 관리방안이 수립되어야 할 것이다. 경주국립공원의 토지피복형태는 대부분 산림지역으로 나타났으며, 평균 토양침식량이 3.7ton/ha/yr로 양호한 수준인 것으로 확인되었다. 지형에 따른 토양침식량 분석 결과, 깊은 계곡이 단위면적 당 7.3ton/ha/yr로 나타났으며, 다음이 평탄곡지로 6.1ton/ha/yr로 분석되었다. 평탄지와 산정능선은 토양침식이 적게 발생되는 것으로 예측되었다. 향후, 국내 국립공원의 토양유실량을 분석한다면, 전체 국립공원의 토양생태계를 보전 및 복원할 수 있는 계획 수립에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다. The purpose of this study is to offer the raw data for establishing the plan of disaster prevention and the continuous conservation of soil ecosystem by grasping the potential soil loss and the danger of erosion using RUSLE method on whole districts in Gyeongju National Park, Korea . In the results of the average amount of soil erosion for the year, the average of all districts was 5.7 ton/ha in annual, and Namsan district was the highest in 7.6 ton/ha in annual and Seoak district was the lowest in 2.1 ton/ha in annual. The dangerous district due to the soil erosion was analyzed as under 1%, and Gumisan and Hwarange district was not serious. But Namsan district was higher than others, especially, there was intensive in all over Geumohbong. Therefore, to protect the all over Geumohbong, we will establish the valid of restoration and management. The types of land cover in Gyeongju National Park mostly showed forest, and as the average amount of soil erosion in forest was 3.7 ton/ha in annual, there was good condition. In the results of the amount of soil erosion due to landform, the deep canyon showed as 7.3 ton/ha in annual per unit area, secondly, the U-shaped valley was analyzed as 6.1 ton/ha in annual. The plain and high ridge were predicted that there occurred the small amount of soil erosion. In future, if we will analyze the amount of soil erosion in Korean National Parks, we will offer the help to establishing the plan of conservation and restoration on soil ecosystem in whole National Parks.

오염농도의 공간적 분포를 고려한 도시림의 대기정화기능 계량화

최철현 ( Chul Hyun Choi ),이우성 ( Woo Sung Lee ),정성관 ( Sung Gwan Jung ) 한국지리정보학회 2012 한국지리정보학회지 Vol.15 No.2

The purpose of this study is to estimate air purification effectiveness considering the improvement of its methods related atmospheric environment. The air purification effectiveness is estimated in Daegu, one out of Korean Metropolitan cities because air pollution is getting serious in a heavily urbanized area. The absorption of pollutants is calculated by considering spatial heterogeneity that was not considered previous studies and the spatial resolution of air dispersion modeling is also improved by kriging method. According to the type and distribution of urban forest, total 26 kinds of plant communities were distributed with Pinus densiflora community, Pinus densiflora- Quercus mongolica community, Pinus densiflora-Quercus acutissima community and other kinds of communities in the study area. In the results of estimating the CO2 absorption amount for identification of the air purification effectiveness on urban forest, the annual absorption amount was total 108,155t/yr. Also, the annual absorption amounts of NO2 and SO2 were total 183.5 ton and 410.2 ton respectively. The findings from this study can confirm the differences of pollutant absorption by concentration that could not identify if spatial distribution of pollutant concentration had not been considered.

중심상업지역 근린공원의 공간적 입지특성과 이용행태 분석

최철현 ( Chul Hyun Choi ),우영숙 ( Young Sook Woo ),정성관 ( Sung Gwan Jung ) 한국지리정보학회 2015 한국지리정보학회지 Vol.18 No.1

The user behaviors in the parks around the commercial area may have different characteristics in comparison with the behaviors in typical neighborhood parks because they may be affected by nearby commercial facilities. The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of park users’behavior considering adjacent environments in the neighborhood parks located in central business district of Daegu and to suggest improvements and complements for the construction of new parks and remodeling current parks. According to the results, the land values were high and the percentage of deteriorated buildings was low around Gukchae Reward Movement Memorial Park and 2·28 Central Memorial Park. However, the commercial facilities were entirely declined along with a drop in land values around Gyeongsang-gamyeong Park and old people used this park more than young people. In terms of the purpose of park use, users of three parks had indirect behavior patterns related near commercial facilities rather than using directly park facilities and the age groups of park users were similar to the user groups of nearby commercial facilities. Also, the determinant factors of satisfaction with park use were varied depending on the difference of age groups of park users and park characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the effects of user age groups according to the changes of environment around parks for the construction and organization of parks.

원격탐사자료에 기초한 국립공원 산림 생태계의 취약지역 분석

최철현 ( Choi Chul-hyun ),구경아 ( Koo Kyung-ah ),김진희 ( Kim Jinhee ) 한국환경복원기술학회(구 한국환경복원녹화기술학회) 2016 한국환경복원기술학회지 Vol.19 No.5

This study identified vulnerable regions in the national parks of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The potential vulnerable regions were defined as areas showing a decline in forest productivity, low resilience, and high sensitivity to climate variations. Those regions were analyzed with a regression model and trend analysis using the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data obtained from long-term observed Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and gridded meteorological data. Results showed the area with the highest vulnerability was Naejangsan National Park in the southern part of ROK where 32.5% (26.0km²) of the total area was vulnerable. This result will be useful information for future conservation planning of forest ecosystem in ROK under environmental changes, especially climate change.

PLS 회귀분석을 이용한 미래 육상 식생의 생산성 예측

최철현 ( Chul-hyun Choi ),박경훈 ( Kyung-hun Park ),정성관 ( Sung-gwan Jung ) 한국지리정보학회 2017 한국지리정보학회지 Vol.20 No.1

Since the phases and patterns of the climate adaptability of vegetation can greatly differ from region to region, an intensive pixel scale approach is required. In this study, Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression on satellite image-based vegetation index is conducted for to assess the effect of climate factors on vegetation productivity and to predict future productivity of forests vegetation in South Korea. The results indicate that the mean temperature of wettest quarter (Bio8), mean temperature of driest quarter (Bio9), and precipitation of driest month (Bio14) showed higher influence on vegetation productivity. The predicted 2050 EVI in future climate change scenario have declined on average, especially in high elevation zone. The results of this study can be used in productivity monitoring of climate-sensitive vegetation and estimation of changes in forest carbon storage under climate change.