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Analysis of Gamma Radiation Effects of Commercial Radiation-Resistant Optical Fibers (내방사 광섬유의 감마선 영향 분석)

  • Ryu, Gukbeen;Kim, Young-Woong;Kim, Jong-Yeol;Hwang, Young Gwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2022.10a
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    • pp.620-622
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    • 2022
  • When an optical fiber is exposed to radiation, a color center is formed in the core, which lowers the optical transmittance of the optical fiber. This is called the radiation-induced attenuation(RIA), and research on optical fibers having improved radiation resistance by changing materials and structures is being actively conducted. This is because radiation-resistant optical fibers have the advantage that they can be used in telecommunication and optical applications even in extreme environments such as space and nuclear power plants. In this paper, the effect of gamma irradiation of commercial radiation-resistant optical fibers was analyzed.

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Development of High Spectral Resolution Lidar System for Measuring Aerosol and Cloud

  • Zhao, Ming;Xie, Chen-Bo;Zhong, Zhi-Qing;Wang, Bang-Xin;Wang, Zhen-Zhu;Dai, Pang-Da;Shang, Zhen;Tan, Min;Liu, Dong;Wang, Ying-Jian
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.695-699
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    • 2015
  • A high spectral resolution lidar (HSRL) system based on injection-seeded Nd:YAG laser and iodine absorption filter has been developed for the quantitative measurement of aerosol and cloud. The laser frequency is stabilized at 80 MHz by a frequency locking system and the absorption line of iodine cell is selected at the 1111 line with 2 GHz width. The observations show that the HSRL can provide vertical profiles of particle extinction coefficient, backscattering coefficient and lidar ratio for cloud and aerosol up to 12 km altitude, simultaneously. For the measured cases, the lidar ratios are 10~20 sr for cloud, 28~37 sr for dust, and 58~70 sr for urban pollution aerosol. It reveals the potential of HSRL to distinguish the type of aerosol and cloud. Time series measurements are given and demonstrate that the HSRL has ability to continuously observe the aerosol and cloud for day and night.

12-year LIDAR Observations of Tropospheric Aerosol over Hefei (31.9°N, 117.2°E), China

  • Wu, Decheng;Zhou, Jun;Liu, Dong;Wang, Zhenzhu;Zhong, Zhiqing;Xie, Chenbo;Qi, Fudi;Fan, Aiyuan;Wang, Yingjian
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.90-95
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    • 2011
  • 12-year LIDAR observations of tropospheric aerosol vertical distribution using a Mie scattering LIDAR in Hefei ($31.9^{\circ}N$, $117.2^{\circ}E$) from 1998 to 2009 are presented and analyzed in this paper. Characters of temporal variation and vertical distribution of tropospheric aerosol over Hefei are summarized from the LIDAR measurements. The impacts of natural source and human activities on the aerosol vertical distribution over Hefei could be seen clearly. Dust particles from the north in spring could affect the aerosol distributions below about 12 km over Hefei, and aerosol scale height in April reaches $2.29{\pm}0.68\;km$. Both LIDAR measurements and surface visibility imply that aerosols in the lower troposphere have been increasing since about 2005.

Doppler LIDAR Measurement of Wind in the Stratosphere

  • Dong, Jihui;Cha, Hyun-Ki;Kim, Duk-Hyeon;Baik, Sung-Hoon;Wang, Guocheng;Tang, Lei;Shu, Zhifeng;Xu, Wenjing;Hu, Dongdong;Sun, Dongsong
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.199-203
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    • 2010
  • A mobile direct detection Doppler LIDAR based on molecular backscattering for measurement of wind in the stratosphere has been developed in Hefei, China. First, the principle of wind measurement with direct detection Doppler LIDAR is presented. Then the configuration of the LIDAR system is described. Finally, the primary experimental results are provided and analyzed. The results indicate that the detection range of the designed Doppler LIDAR reached 50 km altitude, and there is good consistency between the molecular Doppler wind LIDAR(DWL) and the wind profile radar(WPR) in the low troposphere.

A Study on the Radiation-Induced Loss of Optical Fiber by ${\gamma}$-ray Irradiation (감마선 조사에 의한 광섬유의 전송손실 특성변화에 관한 연구)

  • 김웅기;이용범;이종민
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.604-611
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    • 1990
  • One of the confronting problems in using optical fibers under radiation environments is producing of color centers in optical materials due to nuclear radiation. These centers increase transmission loss by absorbing propagating light. In this study, the radiation effects on optical fiber are studied theoretically. Also, optical attenuation induced by \ulcorner-ray irradiation from Co**60 for single mode and multimode optical fibers is measured at the optical wavelength of 0.85\ulcorner and 1.3\ulcorner, and the results are analyzed. Gammaray is irradiated for 5hours at the rate of 300rads/min, which is corresponding to 90 krads of integrated dose. In case of multimode optical fibers, the induced loss at 0.85\ulcorner wavelength has been twice higher than that at 1.3\ulcorner. The loss in multimode fibers has been significantly larger by 7-20 times than that in single mode fibers, dependently on fiber materials at 1.3\ulcorner.

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Performance Evaluation of a Fiber-Optic Cerenkov Radiation Sensor System Using a Simulated Spent Fuel Assembly (사용후핵연료 집합체 모사장치를 이용한 광섬유 체렌코프 방사선 센서 시스템의 성능평가)

  • Shin, Sang Hun;Yoo, Wook Jae;Jang, Kyoung Won;Cho, Seunghyun;Park, Byung Gi;Lee, Bongsoo
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.245-250
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    • 2014
  • When the charged particle travels in transparent medium with a velocity greater than that of light in the same medium, the electromagnetic field close to the particle polarizes the medium along its path, and then the electrons in the atoms follow the waveform of the pulse which is called as Cerenkov light or radiation. This type of radiation can be easily observed in a spent fuel storage pit. In optical fibers, the Cerenkov light also can be generated due to their dielectric components. Accordingly, the radiation-induced light signals can be obtained using optical fibers without any scintillating material. In this study, to measure the intensities of Cerenkov radiation induced by gamma-rays, we have fabricated the fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor system using silica optical fibers, plastic optical fibers, multi-anode photomultiplier tubes, simulated spent fuel assembly and a scanning system. To characterize the Cerenkov radiation generated in optical fibers, the intensities of Cerenkov radiation generated in the silica and plastic optical fibers were measured. Also, we measured the longitudinal distribution of gamma rays emitted from the Ir-192 isotope by using the fiber-optic Cerenkov radiation sensor system and simulated spent fuel assembly.

Combined Radiation-Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Rectangular Enclosure (직사각형 밀폐공간내에서의 복사 및 자연대류 열전달)

  • 김기훈;이택식;이준식
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.331-344
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    • 1987
  • A numerical analysis has been conducted on the interaction of the thermal radiation and natural convection in a rectangular enclosure filled with a gray fluid. P-1 approximation is adopted for the radiative transfer and its application limit is examined. Considered are the Stark number effect, the optical thickness effect and the wall emissivity effect on the flow and heat transfer characteristics. As the Stark number increase or the optical thickness decreases, the boundary layer thickness and the flow velocity increase. Transition to turbulence is retarded with the increase of the radiation effect. When the optical thickness is one, the radiation effect is negligible for the Stark numbers larger than 10.

An Algorithm to Determine Aerosol Extinction Below Cirrus Cloud from Mie-LIDAR Signals

  • Wang, Zhenzhu;Wu, Decheng;Liu, Dong;Zhou, Jun
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.444-450
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    • 2010
  • The traditional approach to inverting aerosol extinction makes use of the assumption of a constant LIDAR ratio in the entire Mie-LIDAR signal profile using the Fernald method. For the large uncertainty in the cloud optical depth caused by the assumed constant LIDAR ratio, an not negligible error of the retrieved aerosol extinction below the cloud will be caused in the backward integration of the Fernald method. A new algorithm to determine aerosol extinction below a cirrus cloud from Mie-LIDAR signals, based on a new cloud boundary detection method and a Mie-LIDAR signal modification method, combined with the backward integration of the Fernald method is developed. The result shows that the cloud boundary detection method is reliable, and the aerosol extinction below the cirrus cloud found by inverting from the modified signal is more efficacious than the one from the measured signal including the cloud-layer. The error due to modification is less than 10% taken in our present example.

Rationale and Definition of The Criteria of The Efficiency of The Biological Activity of Optical Radiation on Animal Organism.

  • Chervinsky, Leonid S.
    • The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2018
  • In today's technological development of human society more and more influence on the lives of biological organisms different electromagnetic radiation. Therefore, the study and analysis of the mechanisms of their effects is an urgent task. The purpose of research - the study of the primary mechanisms of interaction of photons of optical radiation with the structures of biological objects, using the laws of quantum mechanics and biophysics. Photobiological basis of the mechanism of action of EMR optical range is the energy absorption of light quanta (photons) by atoms and molecules of biological structures (law Grotgus-Draper), which resulted in the formation of electronically excited states of these molecules with the transfer of photon energy (internal photoeffect). This is accompanied by electrolytic dissociation and ionization of biological molecules. The degree of manifestation of photobiological effects in the body depends on the intensity of the optical radiation, which is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source to the irradiated surface. Accordingly, in practice, determine not the intensity and irradiation dose at a certain distance from the source of exposure by the exposure time.