• 제목/요약/키워드: Optical probes

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Multiplexed DNA Detection with DNA-Functionalized Silver and Silver/Gold Nanoparticle Superstructure Probes

  • Kim, Ji-Young;Lee, Jae-Seung
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제33권1호
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 2012
  • DNA-functionalized silver and silver/gold bimetallic nanoparticle superstructure probes with controllable sizes and optical properties are synthesized using monothiol DNA and dithiothreitol. The superstructures exhibit a very narrow size distribution, which can be easily controlled by balancing the ratio of dithiothreitol and DNA. These superstructures assemble reversibly in a highly cooperative manner, and are SERS active. Multiplexed colorimetric detection of DNA targets using these superstructure probes has been demonstrated to identify three different DNA target sequences that are associated with three lethal diseases, respectively.

다중화된 광 손실형 광섬유 센서에 의한 변위의 측정 (Displacement Measurement by Multiplexed Optical Loss -based Fiber Optic Sensor)

  • 권일범;김치엽;유정애
    • 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전산구조공학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.556-565
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    • 2003
  • Light losses in optical fibers are investigated by a fiber optic OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) sensor system to develop fiber optic probes for structural displacement measurement. The displacement sensitivity was determined by the measurements of fiber-bending loss according to the gage length changes of the displacement sensor. The fiber optic displacement probe was manufactured to verify the feasibility of the structural displacement measurement.

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FBG Sensor Probes with Silver Epoxy for Tracing the Maximum Strain of Structures

  • Im, Jooeun;Kim, Mihyun;Choi, Ki-Sun;Hwang, Tae-Kyung;Kwon, Il-Bum
    • 비파괴검사학회지
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    • 제33권5호
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    • pp.459-464
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    • 2013
  • Structures can be evaluated their health status by allowable loading criteria. These criteria can be determined by the maximum strain. Therefore, in order to detect this maximum strain of structures, fiber optic Bragg grating(FBG) sensor probes are newly designed and fabricated to perform the memorizing detection even if the sensor system is on-and-off. The probe is constructed with an FBG optical fiber embedded in silver epoxy. When the load is applied and removed on the structure, the residual strain remains in the silver epoxy to memorize the maximum strain effect. In this study, a commercial Al-foil bonded FBG sensor probe was tested to investigate the detection feasibility at first. FBG sensor probes with silver epoxy were fabricated as three different sizes. The detection feasibility of maximum strain was studied by doing the tensile tests of CFRP specimens bonded with these FBG sensor probes. It was investigated the sensitivity coefficient defined as the maximum strain divided by the residual strain. The highest sensitivity was 0.078 of the thin probe having the thickness of 2 mm.

Monitoring bridge scour using dissolved oxygen probes

  • Azhari, Faezeh;Scheel, Peter J.;Loh, Kenneth J.
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.145-164
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    • 2015
  • Bridge scour is the predominant cause of overwater bridge failures in North America and around the world. Several sensing systems have been developed over the years to detect the extent of scour so that preventative actions can be performed in a timely manner. These sensing systems have drawbacks, such as signal inaccuracy and discontinuity, installation difficulty, and high cost. Therefore, attempts to develop more efficient monitoring schemes continue. In this study, the viability of using optical dissolved oxygen (DO) probes for monitoring scour depths was explored. DO levels are very low in streambed sediments, as compared to the standard level of oxygen in flowing water. Therefore, scour depths can be determined by installing sensors to monitor DO levels at various depths along the buried length of a bridge pier or abutment. The measured DO is negligible when a sensor is buried but would increase significantly once scour occurs and exposes the sensor to flowing water. A set of experiments was conducted in which four dissolved oxygen probes were embedded at different soil depths in the vicinity of a mock bridge pier inside a laboratory flume simulating scour conditions. The results confirmed that DO levels jumped drastically when sensors became exposed during scour hole evolution, thereby providing discrete measurements of the maximum scour depth. Moreover, the DO probes could detect any subsequent refilling of the scour hole through the deposition of sediments. The effect of soil permeability on the sensing response time was also investigated.

나노 광 프로브 어레이 구현을 위한 광학 헤드 유닛 개발 (Development of Optical Head Unit for Nano Optical Probe Array)

  • 김홍민;임지석;김석민;한정원;강신일
    • 소성∙가공
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    • 제15권1호
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2006
  • A optical head unit for nano optical probe array was developed. The optical probe array is generated by Talbot effect. The shape and thickness of microlens array(MLA) were designed to minimize the spot size at the foci of MLA. To increase the optical efficiency of the system and obtain the large tolerance for fabrication, aperture size was theoretically optimized. Then microlens illuminated aperture array(MLIAA) as an optical head unit was fabricated using a ultra violet(UV) molding process on aluminum aperture array. In this process, Al aperture array was fabricated separately using the photolithography and reactive ion etching(RIE) process. Optical properties of the generated optical probes were measured and compared at Talbot distance from the aperture array having a diameter of $1{\mu}m$ and MLIAA.

나노 광 프로브 어레이 구현을 위한 광학 헤드 유닛 개발 (Development of Optical Head Unit for Nano Optical Probe Array)

  • 김홍민;임지석;김석민;한정원;강신일
    • 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국소성가공학회 2005년도 금형가공,미세가공,플라스틱가공 공동 심포지엄
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2005
  • A optical head unit for nano optical probe away was developed. The optical probe array is generated by Talbot effect. The shape and thickness of microlens array(MLA) were designed to minimize the spot size at the foci of MLA. To increase the optical efficiency of the system and obtain the large tolerance for fabrication, aperture size was theoretically optimized. Then microlens illuminated aperture array(MLIAA) as an optical head unit was fabricated using a ultra violet(UV) molding process on aluminum aperture array. In this process, Al aperture array was fabricated separately using the photolithography and reactive ion etching(RIE) process. Optical properties of the generated optical probes were measured and compared at Talbot distance from the aperture array having a diameter of $1{\mu}m$ and MLIAA.

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근접장 광학 탐침내의 도파에 관한 연구 (A study on light propagation in near-field optical probes)

  • 정승태;신동재;이용희
    • 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국광학회 2000년도 제11회 정기총회 및 00년 동계학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.162-163
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    • 2000
  • 근접장 주사 광학 현미경(Near-field scanning optical microscope)에서 가장 중요한 부분은 바로 근접장 탐침(Near-field optical probe)이다. 가간 널리 사용되는 근접장 탐침은 끝 부분에 매우 작은 구멍만 남기고 나머지 부분은 금속으로 코팅한 뾰족한 광섬유(Metal-clad tapered optical fiber)이다. 탐침의 끝에 형성된 작은 구멍은 진행하지 못하는 근접장(Near-field)을 진행하는 먼장(Far-field)으로 바꾸어줌으로서 회절한계를 뛰어넘는 분해능을 가능하게 한다. 그러나, 이러한 작은 구멍은 매우 작은 투과 효율(Transmission efficiency)을 가지기 때문에 고밀도 광기록(High-density optical recording)등에 이용하는데 큰 어려움이 있었다.$^{(1).(3)}$ 따라서 금속이 코팅된 뾰족한 광섬유 내에서 빛이 어떻게 진행되는지에 대한 연구를 통해 보다 높은 효율을 가지는 근접장 탐침을 개발하는 것이 중요한 과제가 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 금속이 코팅된 뾰족한 광섬유 도파로 내에서 구멍의 크기와 빛의 투과 효율의 관계를 보고한다. (중략)

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Double clad fiber probe for fluorescence spectroscopy

  • Wang, Ling;Lee, Byeong-Ha
    • 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국광학회 2007년도 하계학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.35-36
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    • 2007
  • We report a probe using a single double clad fiber (DCF) for fluorescence spectroscopy. Bidirectional separate transmission for excitation and fluorescence light in a single fiber was implemented. A DCF coupler made by side-polished method could extract none but the collected fluorescence signals propagating in inner cladding mode, thereby diminishing the interference of silica background generated by the excitation in core mode. The experimental results show that the fluorescence spectra of biological tissues obtained using the DCF probes have much less silica background than using a standard multiple-mode fiber.

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항공기 구름 관측에 사용되는 전방산란 관측 기기의 정확도 향상을 위한 구름입자의 광학적 특성 계산 (Calculations of Optical Properties of Cloud Particles to Improve the Accuracy of Forward Scattering Probes for In-Situ Aircraft Cloud Measurements)

  • 엄준식
    • 대기
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.75-89
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    • 2020
  • Current in-situ airborne probes that measure the sizes of ice crystals smaller than 50 ㎛ are based on the concept that the measured intensity of light scattered by a particle in the forward and/or backward direction can be converted to particle size. The relationship between particle size and scattered light used in forward scattering probes is based on Mie theory, which assumes the refractive index of particle is known and all particles are spherical. Not only are small crystals not spherical, but also there are a wide variety of non-spherical shapes. Although it is well known that the scattering properties of non-spherical ice crystals differ from those of spherical shapes, the impacts of non-sphericity on derived in-situ particle size distributions are unknown. Thus, precise relationships between the intensity of scattered light and particle size and shape are required, as based on accurate calculations of scattering properties of ice crystals. In this study, single-scattering properties of ice crystals smaller than 50 ㎛ are calculated at a wavelength of 0.55 ㎛ using a numerically exact method (i.e., discrete dipole approximation). For these calculations, hexagonal ice crystals with varying aspect ratios are used to represent the shapes of natural small ice crystals to determine the errors caused by non-spherical ice crystals measured by forward scattering probes. It is shown that the calculated errors in sizing nonspherical ice crystals are at least 13% and 26% in forward (4~12°) and backward (168~176°) directions, respectively, and maximum errors are up to 120% and 132%.