Journal

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (SCI)

2025

Jeongho Kim, Jiwoong Jung, Junwoo Jung, Kyungmi Park, Woojin Joung, Sanghoo Park, Dong-Hyun Cho, Holak Kim*, Conceptual Design of RF Ion thruster for Microsatellites, Journal of Propulsion and Energy, 5, 1 (2025.05).

2024

Haewon Shin, Kil-Byoung Chai, and Holak Kim*, Performance and Discharge Characteristics of Low-Power Magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) Thruster in Accordance with Ring Magnet Position, Vacuum 230, 113674 (2024.12).
Arturo Popoli, Andrea Cristofolini, Laurent Garrigues, Dongho Lee, Guentae Doh, Holak Kim, and Wonho Choe, Hybrid Modeling of Miniaturized 50 W Annular Hall Thruster, Journal of Propulsion and Power (2024.09).

2023

In-Hoi Koo, Keon-Hyeong Lee, Min-Su Kim, Hyung-Seok Han, Holak Kim*, and Jeong-Yeol Choi, Effects of Injector Configuration on the Detonation Characteristics and Propulsion Performance of Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE), Aerospace 10(11), 949 (2023.11).
Min-Su Kim, In-Hoi Koo,Keon-Hyeong Lee,Eun-Sung Lee, Hyung-Seok Han, Seung-Min Jeong, Holak Kim*, and Jeong-Yeol Choi, Experimental Study on the Ignition Characteristics of Scramjet Combustor with Tandem Cavities Using Micro-Pulse Detonation Engine, Aerospace 10(8), 706 (2023.08).
Holak Kim, Guentae Doh, and Wonho Choe, Generation of multiply charged ions in accordance with geometry and magnetic field in Hall thruster plasmas, Curr. Appl. Phys. 51, 08 (2023.07).

~2022

Jinwoo Kim, Dongho Lee, Guentae Doh, Sanghoo Park, Holak Kim, and Wonho Choe, Three-dimensional tomographically reconstructed optical emission profiles of Hall thruster plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 31 015013 (2022.12).
Guentae Doh, Holak Kim, Dongho Lee, Sanghoo Park, Stephane Mazouffre and Wonho Choe, Structure of the Ion acceleration region in cylindrical Hall thruster plasmas, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 55, 225204 (2022.03).
Holak Kim, Seunghun Lee, Guentae Doh, Dongho Lee, and Wonho Choe, Magnetic Field Tailoring Effects on Ion Beam Properties in Cylindrical Hall Thrusters, J. Appl. Phys. 131, 033303 (2022.01).
Guentae Doh, Jaehong Park, Dongho Lee, Holak Kim, and Wonho Choe, Determination of the ionization region in Hall thruster plasmas with low-perturbation, J. Appl. Phys. 130, 193301 (2021.11).
Dongho Lee, Guentae Doh, Holak Kim, Laurent Garrigues, and Wonho Choe, Distinct Discharge Modes in Micro Hall Thruster Plasmas, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 30, 035004 (2021.03).
Eunkwang Lee, Younho Kim, Hodong Lee, Holak Kim, Guentae Doh, Dongho Lee, and Wonho Choe, Scaling Approach for Sub-Kilowatt Hall-Effect Thrusters, Journal of Propulsion and Power 35, 1073 (2019.11).
Seunghun Lee, Holak Kim, and Wonho Choe, Tailoring of Magnetic Field for Performance Improvement in a Small Hall Thruster Plasma, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 47, 4670 (2019.08).
Sanghoo Park, Wonho Choe, and Holak Kim, Electron heating in rf capacitive discharges at atmospheric-tosubatmospheric pressures, Scientific Reports 8, 10217 (2018.07).
Holak Kim, Wonho Choe, Youbong Lim, Seunghun Lee, and Sanghoo Park, Magnetic field configurations on thruster performance in accordance with ion beam characteristics in cylindrical Hall thruster plasmas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 114101 (2017.03).
Youbong Lim, Wonho Choe, Stephane Mazouffre, Jae Sun Park, Holak Kim, Jongho Seon, Laurent Garrigues, Nonlinear ion dynamics in hall thruster plasma source by ion transit-time instability, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 26, 03LT01 (2017.02).
Holak Kim, Youbong Lim, Wonho Choe, Sanghoo Park, and Jongho Seon, Effect of magnetic field configuration on the multiply charged ion and plume characteristics in Hall thruster plasmas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 154103 (2015.04).
Sanghoo Park, Wonho Choe, Holak Kim, and Joo Young Park, Continuum emission-based electron diagnostics for atmospheric pressure plasmas and characteristics of the nanosecond-pulsed argon plasma jet, Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 24, 034003 (2015.04).
Holak Kim, Youbong Lim, Wonho Choe, and Jongho Seon, Effect of multiply charged ions on the performance and beam characteristics in annular and cylindrical type Hall thruster plasmas, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 144104 (2014.10).
Youbong Lim, Holak Kim, Seung Hun Lee, Jongho Seon, Hae June Lee, and Wonho Choe, Observation of a high-energy tail in ion energy distribution in the cylindrical Hall thruster plasma, Phys. Plasmas. 21, 103502 (2014.10).

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (DOMESTIC)

Seokhwan Baek, Holak Kim, Research and Development Trends of Pulsed Plasma Thruster for Small Satellites, Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers, 29, 4 (2025.04).
Dongho Lee, Holak Kim, Guentae Doh, Youngho Kim, Jaehong Park, Jaejun Lee and Wonho Choe, Development of Sub-200W Laboratory Model Hall Thrusters for Small and Micro Satellites, Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers 26, 2 (2022.04).
Hyokjin Cho, Holak Kim, Su-Kyum Kim, Current Status of Test Facilities for Space Electric Thruster, Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace, 19, 1 (2021.07).
Holak Kim, Su-Kyum Kim, and Su-Hee Won, Current Status and Trends of Research and Development on Electric Thruster, Part I: Overseas, Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers 23, 1 (2019.12).

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Holak Kim, Guentae Doh, Su-Kyum Kim, Youngho Kim, Jaegong Park, and Wonho Choe, 5 kW Class Hall thruster system development for GEO satellite, 11th Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion Power (AJCPP), Paper No. AJCPP-2023- 229 (2023).
Arturo Popoli, Andrea Cristofolini, Laurent Garrigues, Dongho Lee, Guentae Doh, Holak Kim, and Wonho Choe, Hybrid numerical modeling of a 50 W-Class Annular Hall Thruster, 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC), June 19-23, 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Paper No. IEPC-2022-364 (2022)
Guentae Doh, Holak Kim, Sanghoo Park, Sung-Young Yoon, Dongho Lee, Seunghun Lee, and Wonho Choe, Comparison of Xe+ Velocity Distribution Function Measured by Laser Induced Fluorescence between Conventional Hall Thruster and Cylindrical Hall Thruster, 32nd ISTS & 9th NSAT Joint Symposium, Paper No. AJCPP-2019-b-011 (2019).
Dongho Lee, Holak Kim, Guentae Doh, and Wonho Choe, Development of 50 W-class, 32nd ISTS & 9th NSAT Joint Symposium, Paper No. AJCPP-2019-b-056 (2019).
Guentae Doh, Holak Kim, Dongho Lee, Sanghoo Park, Wonho Choe, and Sung-Young Yoon, Significant acceleration of Xe II ions outside discharge channel in cylindrical Hall thruster plasmas, The 36th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Paper No. IEPC-2019-252 (2019).
Dongho Lee, Holak Kim, Seunghun Lee, Guentae Doh, and Wonho Choe, Development and Performance Test of a 50 W-class Hall Thruster, The 36th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Paper No. IEPC-2019-599 (2019).
Holak Kim, Seunghun Lee, Geuntae Doh, Dongho Lee and Wonho Choe, Magnetic-field-tailored Hall Thrusters, Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power, Paper No. AJCPP-2018-168 (2018).
Dongho Lee, Holak Kim, Geuntae Doh, Seunghun Lee, and Wonho Choe, Development of a 50 W class Magnetic field-tailored Hall Thruster, Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power, Paper No. AJCPP-2018-169 (2018).
Holak Kim, Seunghun Lee, Geuntae Doh, and Wonho Choe, Low Power Cylindrical Hall Thruster with Magnetic Field Tailoring, 35th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Paper No. IEPC-2017-190 (2017).
Holak Kim, Seunghun Lee, Keuntae Doh, and Wonho Choe, Development of a low-power magnetic-field-tailored Hall thruster, 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), 26th ISSFD & 8th NSAT, Paper No. ISTS-2017-b-16 (2017).
Seunghun Lee, Holak Kim, Keuntae Doh, and Wonho Choe, 10 W Class Micro Hall Thruster with Anode Layer, 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), 26th ISSFD & 8th NSAT, Paper No. ISTS-2017-b-51. (2017).
Holak Kim, Seunghun Lee, Youbong Lim, Junbum Kim, and Wonho Choe, Plume and beam properties of miniaturized low-power cylindrical Hall thruster for micro-satellites, 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, Paper No. AIAA-2016-5034 (2016).
Seunghun Lee, Holak Kim, Junbum Kim, Youbong Lim, and Wonho Choe, High Efficiency Compact Annular Hall Thruster with Tailored Magnetic Field, 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, Paper No. AIAA-2016-4623 (2016).
Holak Kim, Seunghun Lee, Youbong Lim, and Wonho Choe, Development of a low-power cylindrical type Hall thruster with permanent magnets for micro-satellites, The 8th Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power, Paper No. AJCPP-2016-173 (2016).
Seunghun Lee, Holak Kim, Youbong Lim, and Wonho Choe, Magnetic shielded Annular Hall thruster with Magnetic Circuits, The 8th Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power, Paper No. AJCPP-2016-172 (2016).

PATENTS

Youbong Lim, Sanghoo Park, Holak Kim, Plasma Sterilization Apparatus And Plasma Sterilization Packaging Apparatus
Registration number: 1018437710000, 2018
Youbong Lim, Sanghoo Park, Holak Kim, Haein Yong, Sunhyo Kim, Hyunjung Lee, Plasma Treatment Process For Processed-Meat and Plasma Treatment Apparatus For Processed-Meat
Registration number: 1016828850000, 2016
Youbong Lim, Sanghoo Park, Holak Kim, Plasma Treated Water Producing Apparatus And Active Gas Generation Apparatus
Registration number: 1016498650000, 2016
Wonho Choe, Sanghoo Park, Youbong Lim, and Holak Kim, Method and apparatus for measurement of pH and concentration of sample using absorption photometry
Registration number: 1016179440000, 2016
Wonho Choe, Youbong Lim, Holak Kim, Jooyoung Park, and Jongho Seon, Efficient Hollow cathode and power supply
Registration number: 1015858890000, 2016
Wonho Choe, Holak Kim, Youbong Lim, and Jongho Seon, Apparatus and the method for analyzing ion characteristics having E×B filter and retarding potential analyzer
Registration number: 1015491190000, 2015
Wonho Choe, Youbong Lim, Holak Kim, and Jongho Seon, Signal Processing Method for E×B probe
Registration number: 1014460830000, 2014