• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.495-502
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• 2011

The plastic optical fiber has been previously known to have the limits in fabrication and care, due to its lack of flexibility and durability. Recently, an innovative technology of 'water-resistant & flexible optical fiber', in which the surface of etched POF(i.e., plastic optical fiber) is to be coated with a type of synthetic resin, has been developed. In this study, the post-treated POF-based flexible textiles were evaluated in terms of luminance, physical visibility and perceived visibility, according to the fabric lengths and colors of the light source. The POF-based flexible textile with 10cm fabric length and green light source appeared to show relatively higher illuminating effects. The maximum distance for perceived visibility of the POF-based flexible textiles was found to be 100m. Therefore, the results of this study are expected to be utilized as a fundamental for the further studies to develop the digital color clothing with application of POF-based flexible textile.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.11
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• pp.1083-1092
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• 2016

In this paper, the performance of the optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) technology on a plastic optical fiber (POF) access network, which had received much attention due to its low weight, large core diameter, flexibility, easy installation, and especially its high bandwidth, is analyzed. Recently, POF was a very attractive candidate for transmission media in an access network based on OCDMA technology. But the conventional OCDMA system only allows finite units to transmit and access simultaneously according to the number of channels which are restricted by BER, and so, in this paper, to resolve this problem a novel multi-priority reservation protocol is also proposed. By using this reservation scheme and a distributed arbitration algorithm, channel collision and destination conflict could be avoided. And this protocol can efficiently support the transmission of multimedia messages that require the different time-delay. The network throughput and average delay using various system parameters have been investigated by numerical analysis and simulation experiments. These results shows that the multi-priority reservation protocol in this POF access network based on OCDMA technology is valid and efficient.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.214-217
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 IPA(isopropyl alcohol)를 분해물질로 선정하여 플라스틱 광섬유(Plastic Optical Fiber, POF)에 TiO₂ 를 코팅하여 오염물질을 분해하였다. P-25가 코팅된 POF의 표면은 유기계, 무기계, 유ㆍ무기 바인더를 사용한 것 모두 깨끗하였고, 무기계 바인더를 사용하여 코팅한 POF는 부착력이 현저히 떨어졌다. IPA분해 결과, 무기계 바인더를 사용한 경우, 다른 종류의 바인더와는 다르게 IPA의 초기농도 값이 매우 작게나왔는데 이러한 결과는 반응기에 주입된 IPA가 평형이 될 때까지 기다리는 동안 흡착이 일어났기 때문으로 생각된다. 유기계 바인더를 사용하여 코팅한 POF는 IPA 분해 효율이 매우 저조하였고 유ㆍ무기 바인더를 사용하여 코팅한 POF의 IPA분해 효율은 우수하였다. P-25와 IPA의 분해 효율이 우수한 유ㆍ무기 바인더의 비율을 10 : 10, 10 : 8, 10 : 6, 10 : 4, 10 : 2로 바꾸어 IPA를 분해한 결과, P-25와 유 ㆍ 무기 바인더의 비율이 10 : 2 일 매 IPA 분해 효율이 가장 우수하였다. 또한 P-25와 코팅액 제조 시 희석제로 사용되는 에탄올의 질량비를 1 : 7, 1 : 11, 1: 15로 바꾸어 IPA를 분해한 결과, P-25와 에탄올의 비율이 1 : 15일 때 IPA분해 효율이 가장 우수하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.189-195
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• 2013

Recent trains have broadband train communication networks to improve train operation safety and to provide passengers with multimedia services. Compared to glass optical fiber, plastic optical fiber (POF) has a large diameter; it also provides the good durability and maintainability necessary to railway applications. This paper suggests an All-IP broadband train communication network that connects all devices in the train through a POF interface. Performance tests according to Korean railroad standards shows that this POF interface is usable in the range of vibration and temperature conditions encountered in trains. A dedicated Layer-2 switch with the POF interface is developed for the construction of the All-IP train communication network. A prototype 1Gbps train communication network was set up in a trial-run of train on a metro line using the developed Layer-2 switch and POF. On-track tests indicated the feasibility of the POF train communication network. POF has an additional advantage of economic feasibility, and it is expected to start a trend toward broadband train communication networks using POF.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.363-365
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• 2007

Novel concept of sensor mat and its signal processing method is proposed for patient monitoring in medical application. Proposed sensor mat structure has sensing inner layer which has cross-linked arrangement using plastic optical fiber(POF). Large core diameter of plastic optical fiber behaved as band pass filter by averaging the noise component. caused by unwanted environmental factors. Signal processor followed by sensor output added noise immune performance by filtering out unwanted component. Fail-proof patient breath monitoring scheme was realized by using intelligent decision algorithm. Unlike the conventional approach by using mechanical sensor, which have high sensitivity both to intruder and to environmental noise, our approach provided reliable breath motion detection.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.291-292
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• 2009

Refractive index monitoring using U-shaped POF (Plastic optical fiber) in the sugar solution and salt solution were performed. The various bending losses of U-shaped POF due to the environmental refractive index changes of the measurand solution. The loss increases according to the amounts of solute in the solution which causes the refractive index change in the solution.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.02a
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• pp.220-221
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• 2001

최근에 폭발적으로 늘어나고 있는 인터넷 통신이나 화상회의, 고화질 유선방송 등 정보통신 수요의 증가를 충족시키기 위해서 각 사무실이나 가정까지 광섬유를 연결하여 초고속 통신을 가능하게 하는 fiber to the office 또는 fiber to the home 계획이 선진국을 중심으로 추진 중에 있다. 최근에는 플라스틱 광섬유(POF; plastic optical fiber)에 관한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 지금까지의 광통신에서 상용화되어 사용되고있는 유리 광섬유는 잘 부러지고 그 설치나 연결이 어렵다는 단점 때문에 가정이나 사물실에 설치하기에는 많은 어려움이 있어왔다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.468-472
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• 2005

This paper is to investigate the influence of the endface quality on the loss characteristics of a plastic optical fiber connector for in-car network service. Using the parameters of the surface roughness and applied load, insertion loss of connector is measured. Due to scattering and change of refractive index, an optimal condition for low-loss coupling exists. We present the optimal condition as surface roughness $R_{rms}$ = 8 nm and contact load up to 50 N.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.23 no.3 s.180
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• pp.61-68
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• 2006

This paper is to investigate the influence of the endface quality on the loss characteristics of a plastic optical fiber(POF) connector and the stability of new designed sleeve for in-car network service. Using the parameters of the surface roughness and applied load, insertion loss of connector is measured. Endface condition for optimizing the connection is presented by the surface roughness satisfying loss criteria and the stress for minimizing the loss, $R_{rms}=8nm$ and 19 MPa, respectively. By vibration test and dynamic loss measurement, we show the stability of the new designed sleeve.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.08a
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• pp.346-348
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 플라스틱 광섬유용(POF) 광커넥터와 광송수신모듈을 설계. 제작하여 특성을 평가하였다. 650nm와 850nm POF 광커넥터는 광학적, 기계적, 환경적 신뢰성 시험을 통해 안정성을 확증할 수 있었다. POF 광송수신모듈은 1.25Gbps와 155Mbps급의 SC, RJ-45 형태의 구조로 제작되었고, 이를 적용하여 S/W Hub 및 광전 Outlet, Media Converter등을 구현하였다.