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Calibrating high-z QSO masses using near-IR and optical spectra

  • Kim, Phuong Thi;Woo, Jong-Hak
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.48.2-48.2
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    • 2011
  • Using the newly commissioned Fiber-Multi-Object-Spectrograph at the Subaru telescope, we obtained near-IR spectra of a sample of 19 AGNs at 0.6 < z < 2.6, selected from the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey (NDWFS) Bootes field, in order to calibrate high-z black hole mass (MBH) estimators. MBHs are generally determined through the kinematics of ionized gas clouds around the black hole assuming virial equilibrium. The velocity profiles of $H{\beta}/H{\alpha}$, MgII and CIV are used to infer the gas kinematics of low-z, mid-z, and high-z quasars, respectively. However, the MBH based on MgII and CIV is not very well calibrated. We compare the $H{\alpha}$ - based MBH estimates from the new FMOS near-IR spectra, with the MgII-based MBH estimates from our existing optical spectra, and investigate the systematic differences.

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Complex refractive index of PECVD grown DLC thin films and density variation versus growth condition (PECVD 방법으로 성장시킨 DLC 박막의 복소굴절율 및 성장조건에 따른 박막상수 변화)

  • 김상준;방현용;김상열;김성화;이상현;김성영
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.277-282
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    • 1997
  • The complex refractive index of Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) thin films, which can be applied to optical devices or electrical devices, have been determined using optical methods. DLC thin films are grown on Si(100) substrates and vitreous silica substrates respectively, using the technique of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The spectroscopic ellipsometry data($\psi$, $\Delta$) and the transmission spectra of these DLC films are obtained. These optical spectra are analyzed with the help of the Sellmeier dipersion relation and a quantum mechanically derived dispersion relation. Using spectroscopic ellipsometry data at their transparent region, the refractive index and the effective thickness of DLC films on vitreous silica are model calculated, Then the transmission spectra are inverted to yield the extinction coefficient spectra k(λ) at absorbing region. These spectra are fit to the quantum mechanical dispersion relation and the best fit dispersion constants are determined. The complex refractive indices are easily calculated with these constants. The spectroscopic ellipsometry data at the absorbing region in model calculated to give the packing densities and the degrees of surface microroughness of DLC films. Discussions are made in correlation with the growth condition of DLC films.

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Polarization Properties of J-aggregates by Mutual Mixing Effect in the LB Films of Merocyanine Dyes (메로시아닌 색소 LB막의 상호혼합효과에 의한 J-aggregates 편광특성)

  • Yang, Chang-Heon;Kim, Gyong-Chol;Kwon, Young-Soo;Shin, Hoon-Kyu
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.59 no.12
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    • pp.2245-2249
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    • 2010
  • The physical properties of the LB films with merocyanine dyes have been published and attract attention due to the possibility of molecular structure control. The evaluation of the thin films was focused for the purpose of molecular structure control. The molecular structure in the case of the thin films with dyes can be examine by optical absorption spectra measurements. In the result measured by optical absorption spectra, the $[DX]_{1-x}[DO]_x$ LB films shows a large in-plane anisotropy and the transition dipole moment of red-shifted band is preferentially oriented perpendicular to the dipping direction of the film, while that of the blue-shifted band prefers the dipping direction. The spectrum for $0_{\circ}$, $90_{\circ}$-polarized light coincides with the spectrum for non-polarized light and also with the spectrum was observed in the LB film deposited using a fresh solution. These results show that the aging process does not cause a structural change in chromophore but a change in the degree of molecular orientation. In the results, study of the merocyanine dyes LB films using optical absorption spectra would an interesting problem of absorbance peak shifts and mixed components.

Theoretical Investigation of the Metallic Spacer-Layer Formation of Fe/Si Multilayered Films

  • Rhee, J.Y.;Kudryavtsev, Y.V.;Kim, K.W.;Lee, Y.P.
    • Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.76-78
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    • 2002
  • We have carried out the first-principle electronic structure calculations to investigate the spacer layer formation of Fe/Si multilayered films (MLF) and compared with the results obtained by optical spectroscopy. The computer-simulated spectra based on various structural models of MLF showed that neither FeSi$_2$ nor B2O-phase FeSi, which are semiconducting, could be considered as the spacer layers in the Fe/Si MLF for the strong antiferromagnetic coupling. The optical properties of the spacer extracted from the effective optical response of the MLF strongly support its metallic nature. The optical conductivity spectra of various phases of Fe-Si compounds were calculated and compared with the extracted optical properties of the spacer. From the above theoretical investigations it is concluded that a E2-phase metallic FeSi compound is spontaneously formed at the interfaces during deposition.

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Determination of optical constants for cholesteric liquid crystal films by using transmittance and reflectance spectra (투과 및 반사 스펙트럼을 이용한 콜레스테릭 액정 필름의 광학 상수 결정)

  • 박종락;류기한
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.63-67
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    • 2004
  • We have obtained optical constants for cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) films by fitting theoretical spectra of transmittance and reflectance with measured ones. Berreman's 4${\times}$4 matrix approach was used for the calculation of theoretical spectra. The fitting method was applied to three samples with different reflection bands and fitted results of refractive indices for CLC samples were compared with measured ones for a parallel-aligned LC sample. It was found that the two results were in fairly good agreement within the error of the fitted results for the three CLC samples.

A study on CIGS thin film characteristic with composition ratio change (조성비 변화에 의한 CIGS박막 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Chu, Soon-Nam;Park, Jung-Cheul
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.16 no.10
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    • pp.2247-2252
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we produced CIGS thin film by co-evaporation method. During the process, substrate temperature and Ga/(In+Ga) composition ratio was altered to observe the change of resistivity and absorbance spectra measurements. As substrate temperature increased, resistivity decreased and as Ga/(In+Ga) composition ratio increased from 0.30 to 0.72, band gap also increased with the range of 1.26eV, 1.30eV, 1.43eV, 1.47eV. With the constant condition of composition ratio, resistivity decreased with increased thickness of the thin film. On this experiment, we assumed that optical absorbance ratio and optical current will be increased with CIGS thin film fabrication.

Defining the $M_{BH}-sigma_*$ relation using the uniformly measured stellar velocity dispersions in the near-IR

  • Kang, Wol-Rang;Woo, Jong-Hak
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.62.2-62.2
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    • 2011
  • The correlation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion provides an important clue on the black hole growth and galaxy evolution. In the case of AGN, however, it is extremely difficult to measure stellar velocity dispersions in the optical since AGN continuum dilutes stellar absorption features. In contrast, stellar velocity dispersions of active galaxies can be measured in the near-IR, where AGN-to-star flux ratio is much smaller. Expecting that more stellar velocity dispersion measurements will be available using future near-IR facilities, it is crucial to test whether the stellar velocity dispersions measured from the near-IR spectra are consistent with those measured from the optical spectra. For a sample of 35 nearby galaxies, for which optical stellar velocity dispersion measurements and dynamical black hole masses are available, we obtained high quality H-band spectra, using the TripleSpec at the Palomar 5-m Telescope, in order to calibrate the stellar velocity dispersions and define the $M_{BH}-sigma_*$ relation in the near-IR. Based on the spatially resolved kinematics, we correct for the rotation component and determine the luminosity-weighted stellar velocity dispersion of the spheroid component in each galaxy. In this presentation, we will show the comparison between optical and near-IR stellar velocity dispersion measurements and define the $M_{BH}-sigma_*$ relation based on uniformly measured stellar velocity dispersion in the near-IR.

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Seasonal Variation of Attenuation Coefficient Spectra Extracted from Yamato Bank Optical Moored Buoy Data

  • Senga, Yasuhiro;Horiuchi, Tomohiro
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 1998.09a
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 1998
  • Seasonal variation of attenuation coefficient spectra in Japan sea was extracted from underwater radiance/irradiance spectra observed by a moored buoy system developed by National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). The buoy was deployed 9 months from August 31, 1996 to June 1, 1997. Throughout this period, it was collecting downward irradiance and upward radiance spectra under water at the depth of 1.5m and 6.5m everyday. The dairy averaged diffused attenuation coefficient spectra and underwater reflectance spectra were calculated. The results were compared with the absorption spectra of filtered samples obtained by validation cruises, which carried out 5 times during the moored period. Also, the natural fluorescence of chlorophyll a were extracted from the upward radiance spectra observed at 1.5m depth. The seasonal variation of the calculated attenuation coefficient spectra and the natural fluorescence were examined. The result shows a weak blooming of phytoplankton on November and a large blooming on April.

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Determination of Birefringence by Brillouin Spectroscopy

  • Chey, Tong-Chull;Lee, Suk-Mock
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 1998
  • We have combined Brillouin scattering experiments and fucdamental optics theory to determine the birefringence of single crystals. Double refraction in anisotropic materials give rise to doublet peaks in Brillouin spectra. With the incident plane orthogonal to the optic axis, the birefrigence of the materials can be determined from one spectrum. We present the Brillouin spectra to confirm this fact for a single crystal $PbMoO_4$.