그림 1. 사용후핵연료 저장조의 원격 수위감시법 전체구성도 Fig. 1 Structure of the proposed remote water level monitoring system
그림 2. 반사광측정기의 상세구성도 Fig. 2 Structure of the reflectometer
그림 3. 사용후핵연료 저장조에서 광분배기와 광섬유 간 상세구성도 Fig. 3 Structure of the optical coupler and optical fiber in the spent fuel pool
그림 4. 1x8 광분배기를 사용한 경우에 저장조 수위에 따른 반사광의 크기 Fig. 4 Reflected power as a function of water level with a 1x8 optical coupler
그림 5. 1x16 광분배기를 사용한 경우에 저장조 수위에 따른 반사광의 크기 Fig. 5 Reflected power as a function of water level with a 1x16 optical coupler
그림 6. 1x32 광분배기를 사용한 경우에 저장조 수위에 따른 반사광의 크기 Fig. 6 Reflected power as a function of water level with a 1x32 optical coupler
표 1. 광섬유 종단에서의 반사율 Table 1. Reflectivity at the end of optical fiber
표 2. 1xN 광분배기의 손실 Table 2. Insertion loss of 1xN optical fiber
표 3. 본 논문에서 사용한 시스템 파라미터 값 Table 3. System parameters used in this paper
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