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A Study of Gamma-ray Irradiation Effects on Commercially Available Single-mode Optical Fiber using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Systems (광섬유 브래그 격자 센서를 이용한 국내외 상용 단일모드 광섬유의 감마선 영향 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Yeol;Lee, Nam-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.2287-2292
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    • 2012
  • In this study, $Co^{60}$ gamma-ray induced loss on Ge-doped single mode (SM) fiber has been measured. Gamma-ray is irradiated for 4 hours at the dose rate of 0.5 kGy/hr, 2 kGy/hr, 8 kGy/hr. Consequently, gamma-ray induced loss based on radiation effects in Ge-doped SM fiber occur significantly. Furthermore, dose rate effect was observed, that dose rate using the same total dose increased higher, then optical fiber loss increased more. Also annealing effect was observed, that the loss after irradiation, increased higher, then the recovery rate of loss was increased. This results are foreseen to be base data in the future radiation-hardened optical fiber study.

Estimation of Slope Behavior by Soil Temperature (지중온도에 의한 사면의 거동 예측)

  • 장기태;한희수;유병선
    • Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.407-418
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    • 2003
  • It is necessary, in the light of the importance of long-term slope stability problem, to develop a simple method or tool which can figure out the possible failure surface resulting from weathering effect and other factors. The FBG(Fiber Bragg Crating) sensor system is used to estimate the correlations between the soil temperature and the slope behavior, and to find a failure surface in slopes effectively. This research is to seek for the correlation between the soil temperature distribution and the strain distribution of the reinforcing materials in an active zone by analyzing the data from the in-situ measurement so that the possible failure surface should be well defined based on the correlation. The zone of high temperature fluctuation can be regarded as one of the possible failure surface due to the weathering effect while the constant temperature depth of the ground, if exists, would not be relatively affected by the weathering process.

The characteristic study according to the oxygen content of the A-IGZO thin film prepared by RF Magnetron Sputtering method (RF magnetron sputtering법으로 증착된 a-IGZO 박막의 산소함량에 대한 특성연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Wook;Park, Yong-Heon;Kim, Hong-Bae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.386-386
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    • 2010
  • 최근의 전자재료들은 산화물 기반의 소자들을 이용하며 이들 소자의 특징은 가시광 영역에서의 높은 투과도와 실리콘 기반의 소자에 비해서 높은 이동도를 나타낸다. 이러한 점을 활용하여 LCD, PDP, 태양전지 등으로의 응용을 위해 활발히 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 비정질임에도 이동도가 $10cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ 정도로 높은 이동도를 가지고 있는 a-IGZO 박막에 대하여 RF magnetron sputtering 법을 이용, 다각도의 연구를 진행하였다. 기판은 Corning 1737 유리기판을 사용하였으며 유기 클리닝 후 즉시 챔버 내부에 장착되었다. IGZO 타겟은 $In_2O_3$, $Ga_2O_3$, ZnO 분말을 각각 1:1:2mol% 조성비로 혼합하여 소결한 타겟을 사용하였으며 AFM, SEM, XRD 투과도를 이용하여 산소의 함량과 RF power에 따른 박막의 변화를 알아보았다. 박막 증착 조건으로는 초기 압력을 $2.0{\times}10^{-6}$ Torr, 증착압력으로 $2.0{\times}10^{-2}$ Torr를 유지하였으며, Ar 과 $O_2$의 비율을 10에서 40%까지 변화시키며 시편을 제작하였다. AFM 분석결과 $O_2$가 첨가될수록 박막의 거칠기가 감소하였으며, XRD 결과 Bragg's 법칙을 만족 하지 않는 비정질 구조임을 확인할 수 있었다. 가시광선 투과 특성은 $O_2$를 첨가한 박막이 첨가하지 않은 박막보다 우수하였으며 그 평균은 85% 이상으로 양호하였다. Hall과 XPS 분석결과 산소함량이 많아질수록 박막의 특성이 절연체의 특성을 가짐을 확인하였다.

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Proton Beam Dosimetry Intercomparison

  • Fukumura, Akifumi;Kanai, Tatsuaki;Kanematsu, Nobuyuki;Yusa, Ken;Maruhashi, Akira;Nohtomi, Akihiro;Nishio, Teiji;Shimbo, Munefumi;Akagi, Takashi;Yanou, Toshihiro;Fukuda, Shigekazu;Hasegawa, Takashi;Kusano, Yohsuke;Masuda, Yasutaka
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.252-254
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    • 2002
  • A new protocol for dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy is published by the Japan Society of Medical Physics (JSMP) in 2002. The protocol deals with proton and heavy ion beams as well as photon and electron beams, in accordance with IAEA Technical Report Series No. 398. To establish inter-institutional uniformity in proton beam dosimetry, an intercomparison program was carried out with the new protocol. The absorbed doses are measured with different cylindrical ionization chambers in a water phantom at a position of 30-mm residual range for a proton beam, that had range of 155 mm and a spread out Bragg peak (SOBP) of 60-mm width. As a result, the intercomparison showed that the use of the new protocol would improve the +/- 1.0 % (one standard deviation) and 2.7 % (maximum discrepancy) differences in absorbed doses stated by the participating institutions to +/- 0.3% and 0.9 %, respectively. The new protocol will be adopted by all of the participants.

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Measurement of Variation in Water Equivalent Path Length by Respiratory Organ Movement

  • Minohara, Shinichi;Kanai, Tatsuaki;Endo, Masahiro;Kato, Hirotoshi;Miyamoto, Tadaaki;Tsujii, Hirohiko
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.90-93
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    • 2002
  • In particle radiotherapy, a shape of the beam to conform the irradiation field is statically defined by the compensator, collimator and potal devices at the outside of the patient body. However the target such as lung or liver cancer moves along with respiration. This increases the irradiated volume of normal tissue. Prior discussions about organ motions along with respiration have been mainly focused on inferior-superior movement that was usually perpendicular to beam axis. On the other hand, the change of the target depth along the beam axis is very important especially in particle radiotherapy, because the range end of beam (Bragg peak) is so sharp as to be matched to distal edge of the target. In treatment planning, the range of the particle beam inside the body is calculated using a calibration curve relating CT number and water equivalent path length (WEL) to correct the inhomogeneities of tissues. The variation in CT number along the beam path would cause the uncertainties of range calculation at treatment planning for particle radiotherapy. To estimate the uncertainties of the range calculation associated with patient breathing, we proposed the method using sequential CT images with respiration waveform, and analyzed organ motions and WELs at patients that had lung or liver cancer. The variation of the depth along the beam path was presented in WEL rather than geometrical length. In analyzed cases, WELs around the diaphragm were remarkably changed depending on the respiration, and the magnitude of these WEL variations was almost comparable to inferior-superior movement of diaphragm. The variation of WEL around the lung was influenced by heartbeat.

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Fabrication of a Multiplexing Sensor Probe for Measuring the Blade Deflection of a Wind Power Generator (풍력발전기 블레이드 처짐 측정을 위한 다중화 센서 탐촉자 설계 제작)

  • Kim, Ji-Dea;Lee, Dong-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.178-185
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    • 2014
  • This paper describes a fabrication multiplexing sensor probe that employs a fiber Bragg grating(FBG) based on multiple measurements to determine the blade deflection of a wind power generator the reliability analysis of this probe is also presented. To diminish the temperature sensitivity of the FBG sensor, we form multiple CFRPs onto the upper and lower layers of the FBG and package it with an epoxy resin. As a result, the depth of the CFRP is 1mm, and the temperature sensitivity is $2.39pm/^{\circ}C$. We construct a sensor network utilizing the fabricated sensor with a blade beam model. As the number of pendulums is increased on the fore-end of the beam, the strain value is measured. The strain variation is calculated from the measurement of the load on the blade beam model by monitoring the strain of the FBG sensor. When the linear equation is applied, the strain error is 0.4% and when the finite difference method is used, the tip deflection error is 3.3%. The displacement error derived from the strain value of the FBG sensor is 4.39%. The calculated result between the measured value of the dead-end of the beam and the strain is less than 2.46% tip distortion error. Therefore, our proposed multiplexing sensor probe is a low-cost and high-reliability solution for a commercial wind power generator.

Research of Antioxidant Activity from Plant Resources using Proton Beam(I) (양성자 빔을 이용한 식물자원의 항산화 활성에 관한 연구(I))

  • Moon, Byung-Sik;Son, Gui-Youp;Choi, Jin-Kuk;Seo, Dong-Won;Lee, Kap-Duk
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.17 no.8 s.88
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    • pp.1100-1103
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    • 2007
  • In proton therapy, the Bragg peak is spread out by modulating or degrading the energy of the particles to cover a well-defined target volume at a given depth. Proton transfer plays a key role in a variety of biological, the origin of the elements, tests of the standard model along with applications in medicine, industry and chemical phenomena such as water autoionization, fast proton diffusion, acid-base neutralization. We have studied the radiolysis of various natural resources and have evaluated the antioxidant activity of radiolysis products by proton beam. The most of antioxidant activities of natural resources were decreased with increasing proton fluence. Proton beam induced antioxidant activities both in 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) assay and 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzot hialozinesulfonic acid) cation radical $(ABTS^{.+})$ assay by a dose dependent fashion.

Strain-based structural condition assessment of an instrumented arch bridge using FBG monitoring data

  • Ye, X.W.;Yi, Ting-Hua;Su, Y.H.;Liu, T.;Chen, B.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.139-150
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    • 2017
  • The structural strain plays a significant role in structural condition assessment of in-service bridges in terms of structural bearing capacity, structural reliability level and entire safety redundancy. Therefore, it has been one of the most important parameters concerned by researchers and engineers engaged in structural health monitoring (SHM) practices. In this paper, an SHM system instrumented on the Jiubao Bridge located in Hangzhou, China is firstly introduced. This system involves nine subsystems and has been continuously operated for five years since 2012. As part of the SHM system, a total of 166 fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain sensors are installed on the bridge to measure the dynamic strain responses of key structural components. Based on the strain monitoring data acquired in recent two years, the strain-based structural condition assessment of the Jiubao Bridge is carried out. The wavelet multi-resolution algorithm is applied to separate the temperature effect from the raw strain data. The obtained strain data under the normal traffic and wind condition and under the typhoon condition are examined for structural safety evaluation. The structural condition rating of the bridge in accordance with the AASHTO specification for condition evaluation and load and resistance factor rating of highway bridges is performed by use of the processed strain data in combination with finite element analysis. The analysis framework presented in this study can be used as a reference for facilitating the assessment, inspection and maintenance activities of in-service bridges instrumented with long-term SHM system.

A study on microwave scattering characteristics in intertidal flats using polarimetric SAR (다편광 SAR 자료를 이용한 조간대 표면 퇴적물에서의 마이크로파 산란 특성 연구)

  • Park, Sang-Eun;Kim, Duk-Jin;Moon, Woo-Il M.
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.271-276
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    • 2006
  • In this paper a polarimetric airborne SAR measurement has been used to study the radar polarimetric characteristics in the intertidal area on the south coastof the Korea. The L-band NASA/JPL airborne SAR (AIRSAR) data, which were acquired on the intertidal zone during PACRIM-II Korea campaign on September 30, 2000, were used for this research. The most intertidal zones of Yeoja Bay are composed of muddy soils with high silt and clay percentage. Models of microwave scattering from rough surfaces, i.e., semi-empirical model, and Extended Bragg model, were applied to investigate the surface characteristics of intertidal zones.

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Fluorescent Pattern Generation on the Fluorescent Photopolymer with 2-beam Coupling Method (2-beam Coupling 방법을 이용한 광 고분자 형광 패턴 형성)

  • Kim, Yoon-Jung;Kim, Jeong-Hun;Sim, Bo-Yeon;Lee, Myeong-Kyu;Kim, Eun-Kyoung
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2010
  • Fluorescent photopolymer film was prepared with composition containing acrylate monomer, binder, a visible light sensitive photo initiator, and fluorescent anthracene polymer. A fluorescent grating pattern was inscribed on the photopolymer film using a 2-beam coupling method. A 514 nm laser was coupled to generate a beam-interference pattern. A highly fluorescent diffractive line pattern was formed on the fluorescent photopolymer within 30 sec. of exposure. The fluorescence intensity was highly enhanced in the patterned area, possibly due to the change in the environment of the fluorescent polymers by the photo-polymerization of monomers. Under a photo-mask, a gap electrode pattern was formed of fluorescent gratings with a sub-micron scale, which was matched well to the calculated value ($2.5\;{\mu}m$ and $0.6\;{\mu}m$) based on the refractive index of the photopolymer and beam incident angle ($3.4^{\circ}$, $15^{\circ}$) to the photopolymer surface.