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Protection Method for Diameter-downsized Fiber Bragg Gratings for Highly Sensitive Ultraviolet Light Sensors

  • Seo, Gyeong-Seo;Ahn, Tae-Jung
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.221-225
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    • 2018
  • We suggested the use of miniature hollow glass tubes having high ultraviolet (UV) transmission characteristics for the protection of optical-fiber-type UV sensors. We have recently proposed a highly sensitive optical sensor in the UV spectral range, using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) coated with an azobenzene polymer as the photoresponsive material. In this study, we used UV-transparent miniature glass tubes to protect the etched FBG with the azobenzene polymer coating. This technique will be very useful for protecting various fiber-based UV sensors.

Noncontact liquid refractometer using a fiber bundle (광섬유 다발을 이용한 비접촉식 용액굴절계)

  • Kim, Deok-Gi;Han, Bu-Jeon;Mun, Nam-Il;Yang, Byeong-Cheol;Jo, Gyu-Jeong;Gang, Ji-Hun;Kim, In-Su;Kim, Gwang-Taek
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2009.02a
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    • pp.507-508
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    • 2009
  • We have proposed and demonstrated noncontact refractometer incorporating a fiber bundle. The fiber bundle is composed of a TEC(thermally expended core) fiber and hundreds multimode fibers. The fiber is designed in such a way that the detected reflected optical power from a liquid is constant against the distance between fiber bundle and liquid surface. Low differactive characteristic of TEC fiber make it possible to increase the available distance between the fiber bundle and liquid surface, The obtained sensitivity, optical intensity variation by change of refractive index of liquid is 0.4.

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Begavuir if Embedded intrinsic Fabry-Perot Optical Fiber Sensors in the Cement Concrete Structure (콘크리트에 매설된 구조물 유지관리용 Fabry-Perot 광섬유 센서의 거동)

  • Kim, Ki-Soo;Yoo, Jae-Wook;Lee, Seung-jae;Choi, Long;Lee, Woong-Jong;Kim, Jong-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1996.04a
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    • pp.295-299
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    • 1996
  • Intrinsic Fabry-Perot Optical fiber sensors were embedded to tensile side of the 20cm$\times$20cm$\times$150cm cement concrete structures. The sensors were attached to the reinforcing steels and then, the cement concretes were applied. It took 30 days for curing the specimens. After that, the specimens were tested with 4-point bending method by universal testing machine. Strains were measured and recorded by the strain gauges embedded near optical fiber sensors. Output data of fiber sensor showed good linearity to the strain data from the strain gauges up 2000microstrain. The optical fiber sensors showed good response after yielding of structure while embedded metal film strain gauges did not show any response. We also specimens were broken down. In conclusion, the optical fiber sensors can be used as elements of health monitoring systems for cement concrete infra-structures.

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A Highly Efficient Method of Light Coupling into Optical Fiber with a Tapered Microlens (Tapered Lens를 사용한 Light Source와 Optical Fiber의 고효율 Coupling)

  • 이상호;강민호
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.22-26
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    • 1979
  • Microlenses with an extremely small radius of curvature are efficiently use d to couple LED/laser diode light into optica1 fiber. We propose a Tapered lens for the highly efficient coupling of the optical fiber communication light souses into the fiber. Ray optical analysis shows that the maximum coupling efficiency is as high as 90 %, Tapered lens with optimum parameters are fabricated by using heating and pulling technique. Experiment shows that this new technique improves the coupling efficiency by two and four times for LED and laser diode, respectively, as compared with the simple flat - end coupling.

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An Improvement of Optical Fiber Composite Power Cable On-Line Monitoring System for Underground Distribution Network (지중 배전계통 적용을 위한 광복합 케이블 실시간 감시시스템 개선)

  • Cho, Jin-Tae;Kim, Ju-Yong;Lee, Hak-Ju;Park, Jung-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.26 no.7
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2012
  • Since power system is switching to smart grid, on-line monitoring technology has become necessary for underground distribution power cable. Therefore, the application of DTS(Distributed Temperature Sensing) technology using OFCPC(Optical Fiber Composite Power Cable) capable of monitoring underground distribution power cables has been developed. These can bring about reductions in faults and increases in operating capacity of underground distribution system. To date, the test-bed of optical fiber composite power cable on-line monitoring system has been constructed. Then, matters to be improved have been drawn through verification experiments. This paper presents the improvement and experiment results of the optical fiber composite power cable on-line monitoring system to apply to underground distribution lines in the field.

Laser Beam Shaping Using Hollow Optical Fiber and Its Application in Laser Induced Thermal Printing

  • Yi, Jong-Hoon;Lee, Kang-In;Park, Ill-Hyun;Kwon, Jin-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.146-151
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    • 2009
  • A Gaussian beam of single mode fiber laser was changed into a ring-shaped pattern after it was transmitted through the hollow optical fiber. The ring-shaped beam was focused on a plane by an f-. lens and it was scanned by a Galvano-mirror. The spatial profile of laser energy incident on a plane had two peaks at both sides of the scanned linear track. The profile was compared with the result obtained when the Gaussian beam was dithered transversely by an acousto-optic modulator. It is found that hollow optical fiber beam shaper can replace acousto-optic beam dithering device which is employed in a laser induced thermal printing system.

Single-mode optical fiber strain gauge (단일 모-드 광섬유 스트레인 게이지)

  • 이기완;김병교
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1991.10a
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    • pp.1198-1203
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    • 1991
  • A single w& optical fiber strain gauge subjected to the excited PZT-plate is presented which was obtained using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. This paper has been performed the considerations to the experimental situation In which the dynamical behavior of a optical fiber strain gauge is illustrated. A comparison is reported between the dynamic response of a optical fiber strain gauge and the semiconductor strain gauge in the frequency range 5-50Hz. This result is shown in very good usage as the dynamical measurement of the low strain below l.mu..epsilon. by this system.

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A Study on the Static Levitation Control of Magnetic Bearing using Optical Fiber Displacement Sensors (광파이버 변위 센서를 적용한 자기베어링 정적 부상 제어 연구)

  • 강종규;신우철;홍준희
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.131-136
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    • 2003
  • Five expensive sensors are necessary to control a magnetic bearing system. The sensor price rate of magnetic bearing system is high. So it is necessary that cheap and good sensor is developed. The optical fiber displacement sensor is adaptive to satisfy this condition. We can design magnetically suspended spindle based on static characteristic of optical fiber displacement sensor developed. The controller can be designed by decoupled feedback PD. Therefore, it is simpler than any other controller comparatively.

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A Study on the Radius of Curvature of Concave Optical Fiber Tips fabricated by Laser-Induced Photothermal Effect (레이저 유도 광열 효과를 이용하여 제작된 오목한 광섬유 팁의 곡률 반경에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Ji-Won;Son, Gyeong-Ho;Yu, Kyoung-Sik
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.871-876
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    • 2019
  • We fabricated concave optical fiber tips using hydrofluoric acid solution and photothermal effect induced by $1.55{\mu}m$ wavelength laser applied to an optical fiber. The radius of curvature of the concave optical fiber tips fabricated with different applied laser power, etching time, and concentration of hydrofluoric acid was measured with an optical microscope. Then, we analyzed how the radius of curvature changes for those three variables. In addition, the reliability of the measurement method using a microscope was verified through a free spectral range(FSR) and a scanning electron microscope(SEM). Through this paper, the radius of curvature can be adjusted by the variables of the fabrication process of concave optical fiber tips; thus, it is overcoming the limitations of conventional optical fiber etching methods using hydrofluoric acid solutions.

Analysis of Coating Flow Characteristics in Wet-on-Wet Optical Fiber Liquid Coating Process (광섬유 WOW 액상코팅 공정의 코팅액 유동특성 해석연구)

  • Kim, Kyoungjin;Park, Joong-Youn
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2017
  • In this computational study of optical fiber manufacturing, WOW (wet-on-wet) double coating process on freshly drawn glass fiber has been numerical modelled and simulated using a simplified geometry of typical optical fiber coating apparatus. The numerical domain includes primary and secondary coating dies along with secondary coating cup and the interface between primary and secondary coating liquids are investigated using level set method. Coating liquid viscosity is an important parameter and its dependence on temperature is also considered. Since there would be possibility for pressure and temperature of primary coating liquid to be increased substantially at high fiber drawing speed, the effects of increased pressure and temperature of primary coating liquid are examined on flow patterns of coating liquids in secondary coating cup. In case that both pressure and temperature of primary coating liquid are high enough, liquid interface becomes noticeably unstable and this flow instability could adversely affect the uniform coatings and final quality of produced optical fiber.

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