• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.40-41
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• 2002

광 집적회로의 필요성에 의해 평면형 광소자의 개발이 다각도로 연구되고 있다. 그 중 유리의 광민감성을 이용한 것으로 직접 UV를 조사하여 광도파로를 만드는 방법이 최근 관심을 얻고 있다. 이러한 direct UV-writing 방법을 이용한 경우는 광도과로를 위한 식각 과정을 거치지 않고도 광도파로를 제작할 수 있는 장점이 있다. UV-writing을 이용한 광도파로 형성을 위해서는 undercladding층, core층, overcladding층으로 이루어진 구조의 박막을 제조해야 하며, 특히 빛이 도파되는 core 부분은 UV 조사에 따라 굴절률이 증가하는 광민감성이 높은 물질로 구성되어야 한다. UV조사에 따라 굴절률이 증가하는 광민감성이 높은 물질로 구성되어야 한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2004.04b
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• pp.34.1-34.1
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.144.1-144
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• 2003

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.1158-1163
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• 2002

An Ge/B-doped optical fiber with high photosensitivity was fabricated to induce large second-order optical nonlinearity by UV poling. It was found that long period fiber gratings were inscribed on the fiber by the 248 nm KrF excimer laser irradiation with pulse energy of 116 mJ/$cm^2$ and pulse frequency of 10 Hz without hydrogen loading treatment. The photosensitivity was measured by use of the long period fiber grating pair method and the refractive index change of 3.3$10{\times}^{-3}$ was found to be induced in the core of the optical fiber by the KrF excimer laser irradiation of 8.67 kJ/$cm^2$. An H-shaped optical fiber was also fabricated for the UV poling through optimization of the fiber drawing condition.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.225-226
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• 2007

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.25 no.8
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• pp.953-959
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• 2015

Optogenetics is the combination of optical and molecular strategies to control designated molecular and cellular activities in living tissues and cells using genetically encoded light-sensitive proteins. It involves the use of light to rapidly gate the membrane channels that allows for ion movement. Optogenetics began with the placing of light-sensitive proteins from green algae inside specific types of brain cells. The cells can then be turned on or off with pulses of blue and yellow light. Using the naturally occurring algal protein Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2), a rapidly gated light-sensitive cation channel, the number and frequency of action potentials can be controlled. The ChR2 provides a way to manipulate a single type of neuron while affecting no others, an unprecedented specificity. This technology allows the use of light to alter neural processing at the level of single spikes and synaptic events, yielding a widely applicable tool for neuroscientists and biomedical engineers. An improbable combination of green algae, lasers, gene therapy and fiber optics made it possible to map neural circuits deep inside the brain with a precision that has never been possible before. This will help identify the causes of disorders like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, addiction, sleep disorder, and autism. Optogenetics could improve upon existing implanted devices that are used to treat Parkinson’s disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other ailments with pulses of electricity. An optogenetics device could hit more specific subsets of brain cells than those devices can. Applications of optogenetic tools in nonneuronal cells are on the rise.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.339-342
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• 2005

In long-period fiber grating (LPFG) to be made up optical fiber sensors, resonance coupling occurs between the forward-propagating core mode and cladding modes at the wavelength that satisfy the Phase matching condition. The resonance wavelength and the coupling strength depends strongly on the external environment like temperature, strain, and ambient index. These characteristics can be utilized for various applications as optical fiber sensors. fabrication of optical fiber gratings is typically based on the photosensitivity effect, i.e. the permanent change of the refractive index upon irradiation of the UV beam, and therefore, fabrication of the optical fiber with high phososensitivity is an important part of the research on optical fiber gratings. In this work, we measured the effort of to-doping of boron on the index difference between the core and cladding of the optical fiber and the sensitivity of the LPFC to the temperature and bending changes. We observed that the index difference between the core and the cladding decreased by $(1.69{\times}10^{-4}/SCCM)$ and the temperature sensitivity of the resonance wavelength shirt decreased by $(0.01145nm/^{\circ}C/SCCM)$. The dependence or the bending-induced changes or the transmission characteristics of LPFG on the tore-cladding index difference was investigated experimentally. The measurement results indicate that the bending sensitivity increases as the index difference decreases.

• Photonics industry news
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• s.3
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• pp.28-29
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• 2001

일반적으로 상용되는 광섬유와는 다른 특성인 광민감성의 증가,새로운 비선형 광학특성의 발현,광흡수 및 발광 특성의 인위적 조절,자기광학적 특성등 새로운 기능의 광통신용 특수 광섬유의 개발 및 제조에 독창적인 광섬유 재료 및 제조 공정기술을 보유하고 있는 한원택 광주과학기술원 교수.현재 광주과학기술원 정보통신공학과 광자기술그룹의 그룹장을 맡고 있으며, 초고속 광네트워크 센터의 총괄책임자로 WDM용 광섬유 소자 응용 기술 개발을 주도하고 있다. 광주 광산업 유치 기획사업과 중국 및 러시아의 광기술 협력을 위한 워크샵의 개최와 교류사업등에 주도적인 역할을 했으며 최근에는 WDM용 감쇄기능을 가진 특수광섬유를 개발,옵토네스트에 기술을 이전해주고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.02a
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• pp.14-15
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• 2001

본 강좌에서는 광통신과 센서 분야에서 최근 실용화되고 있는 중요한 소자인 광섬유 격자(fiber grating)에 대해, 그 원리와 종류, 제작 방법, 시뮬레이션 기법, 광통신용 응용 및 광섬유 격자 센서 시스템의 구현 기법 등에 대해 설명한다. 별도로 제공되는 강의록에서 이에 대해 보다 구체적으로 기술할 것인 바, 그 요약은 아래와 같다. 광섬유에 굴절률 변화 패턴을 만들 수 있다는 사실은 1978년 Hill 등에 의해 발견되었고, 1989년 Meltz 등에 의해, 자외선(UV) 레이저를 광섬유 측면에 조사하여 광섬유 코어(core)의 특정 부위에 광섬유 격자를 만드는 방법이 고안되었다. 광섬유에 격자가 새겨지는 원인에 대한 이론은 여러 가지가 있고 이들이 복합적으로 작용하지만, 중요한 요인은 산소가 빠진 게르마늄과 관련된(oxygen deficient germania related) 결함이다. 따라서, 게르마늄(Ge)이 높게 도우핑(doping)된 광섬유에 격자가 잘 새겨진다. 보통의 단일 모드 광섬유도 수소처리(hydrogenation)를 하면 자외선에 대한 광민감성(photosensitivity)을 증가시킬 수 있어 격자의 제작이 가능하다. (중략)

• The Korean Journal of Pharmacology
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.331-336
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• 1994

Our purpose was to know whether photo-induced adequate nitric oxide (PIANO)-mediated relaxation of rat aorta is involved in cyclic GMP increment as well as inhibition of phosphatidylinositide hydrolysis due to phenylephrine (PE). Isometric tension was measured in vitro in response to either agents that modulate NO production or release NO by photolysis of photosensitizing agents in rat aorta that had been contracted with PE submaximally. PIANO-mediated relaxation was accompanied by increment of cyclic GMP, which was dependent on the intensity and duration of light exposure and concentration of photosensitizers. Phosphatidylinositide (PI) turnover augmented by PE was significantly inhibited by PIANO. These findings indiate that cGMP increment is responsible for PIANO-mediated relaxation and which may account for the inhibition of PI turnover due to ${\alpha}-adrenergic$ receptor stimulation.