• 대기
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.289-299
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• 2016

Optical properties of aerosols associated with haze events over Seoul were examined using ground-based skyradiometer and satellite-borne CALIOP and MODIS measurements over the 2009~2010 period. It is shown that aerosol optical thickness (AOT), ${\AA}ngstr{\ddot{o}}m$ exponents (${\alpha}$), and fine-mode particles increase during the haze events. The CALIOP-measured vertical profiles of aerosol during the haze events revealed that most of aerosols are loaded within layers below 4 km altitude. A large portion of these events appear to be related to the long-range transport of aerosols from China; about 35% and 18% of the haze events observed over Seoul were traced back to northern China and southern China, respectively. Compared with optical properties for locally-induced haze events (25%), these long-range transported aerosols are found to have relatively higher AOTs.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.752-761
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• 2016

Hyperspectral images are often contaminated with stripe noise, which severely degrades the imaging quality and the precision of the subsequent processing. In this paper, a variational model is proposed by employing spectral-spatial adaptive unidirectional variation and a sparse representation. Unlike traditional methods, we exploit the spectral correction and remove stripes in different bands and different regions adaptively, instead of selecting parameters band by band. The regularization strength adapts to the spectrally varying stripe intensities and the spatially varying texture information. Spectral correlation is exploited via dictionary learning in the sparse representation framework to prevent spectral distortion. Moreover, the minimization problem, which contains two unsmooth and inseparable $l_1$-norm terms, is optimized by the split Bregman approach. Experimental results, on datasets from several imaging systems, demonstrate that the proposed method can remove stripe noise effectively and adaptively, as well as preserve original detail information.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2013

In this study a new design concept of the Fabry-Perot filter, constructed with an anisotropic space layer and a couple of isotropic mirrors, was proposed based on the Maxwell equations and the characteristic matrix method. The single- and double-cavity Fabry-Perot filters were designed, and their optical properties were investigated with a developed software package. In addition, the dependence of the transmittance and phase shift for two orthogonal polarization states on the column angle of the anisotropic space layer and the incidence angle were discussed. We demonstrated that the polarization state of electromagnetic waves and phase shifts can be modulated by exploiting an anisotropic space layer in a polarization F-P filter. Birefringence of the anisotropic space layer provided a sophisticated phase modulation with varied incidence angles over a broad range, resulting in a wide-angle phase shift. This new concept would be useful for designing optical components with isotropic and anisotropic materials.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.550-564
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• 2022

Optical microscopy is a useful tool for study in the biological sciences. With an optical microscope, we can observe the micro world of life such as tissues, cells, and proteins. A fluorescent dye or a fluorescent protein provides an opportunity to mark a specific target in the crowd of biological samples, so that an image of a specific target can be observed by an optical microscope. The optical microscope, however, is constrained in resolution due to diffraction limit. Super-resolution microscopy made a breakthrough with this diffraction limit. Using a super-resolution microscope, many biomolecules are observed beyond the diffraction limit in cells. In the case of volumetric imaging, the super-resolution techniques are only applied to a limited area due to long imaging time, multiple scattering of photons, and sample-induced aberration in deep tissue. In this article, we review recent advances in super-resolution microscopy for volumetric imaging. The super-resolution techniques have been integrated with various modalities, such as a line-scan confocal microscope, a spinning disk confocal microscope, a light sheet microscope, and point spread function engineering. Super-resolution microscopy combined with adaptive optics by compensating for wave distortions is a promising method for deep tissue imaging and biomedical applications.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2014

목적: 본 연구는 울산의 안경원 방문 고객과 안경사를 대상으로 프랜차이즈(franchise) 안경원과 소규모 개인 독립 안경원에 대한 인식을 비교 분석하여 앞으로 안경사 및 안경원의 나아가야 할 방향을 제시하고자 하였다. 방법: 울산의 안경원을 방문한 고객 152명과 울산의 안경원 종사자 50명을 대상으로 설문조사하였다. 결과: 고객이 생각하는 프랜차이즈 안경원의 장점은 체계적 시스템과 서비스, 단점으로는 비싼 가격, 고객과의 소통부족 등으로 조사되었다. 개인 독립 안경원의 장점은 고객과의 원활한 소통, 가격, 전문성, 단점으로는 서비스부족, 인테리어 미비, 더딘 트렌드 반영, 시스템, 가격으로 나타났다. 안경사가 생각하는 프랜차이즈 안경원의 장점은 서비스, 시스템, 고객과의 소통, 안경사 교육, 단점으로는 동일한 인테리어, 과도한 이벤트, 고객과의 소통부족 등으로 조사되었다. 개인독립 안경원의 장점은 서비스, 고객과의 소통, 단점으로는 프랜차이즈 안경원에 비해 체계적이지 못한 시스템, 이벤트 부족, 인테리어 미비 등으로 나타났다. 결론: 안경사는 가격경쟁에만 치우칠 것이 아니라 프랜차이즈 안경원과 개인 독립 안경원 각각의 장점을 최대한 살려서 전문성과 신뢰를 바탕으로 정당한 경쟁을 통해 상호 발전할 수 있는 방안을 마련하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제25권10B호
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• pp.1722-1731
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 TDM 및 TDM/WDM 혼합형 광 ATM 스위치 구조에서 핵심 기능모듈인 광 셀 압축기와 역압축기를 새로이 제안하였다. 제안된 구조는 압축 및 역압축시 SOA 게이트와 광 궤환루프를 적용함으로써 구현을 위한 하드웨어를 줄였으며, 소수의 단을 직렬연결시 대용량의 광 펄스열을 압축 및 역압축할 수 있다. 제안된 광셀 압축기 구조를 이용한 4비트 단위 광 펄스 압축실험을 통해 시스템 적용을 구체화하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.278-285
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• 1990

연마된 단일 모드 광섬유로 구성된 광 결합기는 임의의 두 파장을 분리 할 수 있다는 것을 잘 알려져 있다. 곡률 반경 R로 구부러진 광섬유로, 만들어진 WDM 광결합기의 파장 분리 구간 는 신호의 중심 파장과 두 코아 사이의 거리에 따라서 변한다. 본 논문에서는 광 섬유가 곡률 반경 R로 고정되어 있을 때 최소 파장분리 구간 를 얻을 수 있는 두 코아 사이의 거리를 제시한다. 또한 신호의 임의의 두 파장을 분리하기 위해서 필요한 최고 곡률 반경R를 제시한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.380-384
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• 2015

As an extension of Visible Light Communication, Optical Camera Communications (OCC) will be a promising service for smart devices. Especially in line of sight marketing service and indoor localization application, by using camera which exists in smart devices, small amount of data (url link) can be broadcasted or find direction from the illumination system. This paper introduces the operation of wireless communications technology that transmits optical information from optical light source to camera, called Optical Camera Communications.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.157-165
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• 2023

We propose a highly directional waveguide grating antenna for an optical phased array, achieving high directionality of more than 97% by interleaving the trenches with different etching depths in the silicon nitride layer, and adopting a multilayered structure. Meanwhile, the multilayered structure reduces the perturbation strength, which enables a centimeter-scale radiation length. The beam-steering range is 13.2°, with a wavelength bandwidth of 100 nm. The 1-dB bandwidth of the grating is 305 nm. The multilayered grating structure has a large tolerance to the fabrication variation and is compatible with CMOS fabrication techniques.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권12호
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• pp.877-882
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• 2022

Taste sensation is the process of converting chemical identities in food into a neural code of the brain. Taste information is initially formed in the taste buds on the tongue, travels through the afferent gustatory nerves to the sensory ganglion neurons, and finally reaches the multiple taste centers of the brain. In the taste field, optical tools to observe cellularlevel functions play a pivotal role in understanding how taste information is processed along a pathway. In this review, we introduce recent advances in the optical tools used to study the taste transduction pathways.