Abstract: Configurations for an optical coupler that includes waveguides that provide asymmetric mode confinement. The optical coupler may include first and second rib waveguides, and the width of the shoulder of at least one rib waveguide may taper to provide the asymmetric mode confinement. In some instances the shoulders of one or both rib waveguides may have different heights in a central region of the optical coupler.

Abstract: Echelle gratings with a shared free propagation region. In some embodiments, a system includes: a first echelle grating; and a second echelle grating. The first echelle grating may include: a first input waveguide having an end on a first Rowland circle; a first grating on the first Rowland circle; and a first output waveguide having an end on the first Rowland circle. The second echelle grating may include: a second input waveguide having an end on a second Rowland circle; a second grating on the second Rowland circle; and a second output waveguide having an end on the second Rowland circle. The second input waveguide may be separate from the first input waveguide, the second output waveguide may be separate from the first output waveguide, and the first Rowland circle may overlap the second Rowland circle.

Abstract: A system may include a wafer that includes ICs and defines cavities. Each cavity may be formed in a BEOL layer of the wafer and proximate a different IC. The system may also include an interposer that includes a transparent layer configured to permit optical signals to pass through. The interposer may also include at least one waveguide located proximate the transparent layer. The at least one waveguide may be configured to adiabatically couple at least one optical signal out of the multiple ICs. Further, the interposer may include a redirecting element optically coupled to the at least one the waveguide. The redirecting element may be located proximate the transparent layer and may be configured to receive the at least one optical signal from the at least one waveguide. The redirecting element may also be configured to vertically redirect the at least one optical signal towards the transparent layer.

Abstract: A method for producing a dual function protein includes a biologically active protein and an FGF21 mutant protein. The method allows stable production of a target protein by effectively preventing decomposition of the target protein, and thus has a high potential for commercial usage.

Abstract: A system may include a wafer that includes ICs and defines cavities. Each cavity may be formed in a BEOL layer of the wafer and proximate a different IC. The system may also include an interposer that includes a transparent layer configured to permit optical signals to pass through. The interposer may also include at least one waveguide located proximate the transparent layer. The at least one waveguide may be configured to adiabatically couple at least one optical signal out of the multiple ICs. Further, the interposer may include a redirecting element optically coupled to the at least one the waveguide. The redirecting element may be located proximate the transparent layer and may be configured to receive the at least one optical signal from the at least one waveguide. The redirecting element may also be configured to vertically redirect the at least one optical signal towards the transparent layer.

Abstract: A method of preparing a graft copolymer includes a step of performing coagulation by adding an acid coagulant to 100 parts by weight (based on solids) of graft copolymer latex prepared by graft-polymerizing an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound onto conjugated diene rubber latex; and a step of performing coagulation once more by adding a salt coagulant thereto. In a resulting graft copolymer, coagulation efficiency may be improved and the gloss of the prepared graft copolymer may be increased. In addition, since a b-value measured using a Hunter lab colorimeter and a b-value measured after being left at 250° C. for 15 minutes are low, the graft copolymer may have excellent color characteristics. In addition, since heating loss is low and scorch time is long, the graft copolymer may have excellent processing characteristics.

Abstract: A method for producing a dual function protein includes a biologically active protein and an FGF21 mutant protein. The method allows stable production of a target protein by effectively preventing decomposition of the target protein, and thus has a high potential for commercial usage.

Abstract: A laser. In some embodiments, the laser includes an optical amplifier, and an output reflector. The output reflector may be configured to receive light from the optical amplifier and to reflect light at a first wavelength back toward the optical amplifier. The output reflector may include a wavelength-selective element, and a coupler configured to receive the light from the optical amplifier and to couple a portion of the light to the wavelength-selective element.

Abstract: An RF heat dissipation plastic including a polymer matrix comprising a polymer resin; and a first filler that is dispersed in the polymer matrix, and includes a high-strength filler, which is a polymer containing at least one hydroxy group in the repeating unit thereof, and an inorganic coating layer formed on at least a part of the surface of the high-strength filler. Therefore, the RF heat dissipation plastic has a low dielectric constant and excellent mechanical strength are simultaneously exhibited.

Abstract: Provided is an RF heat dissipation plastic. The heat dissipation plastic according to one embodiment of the present invention is implemented by including: a polymer matrix comprising a base resin; and hollow first fillers dispersed in the polymer matrix. Accordingly, the RF heat dissipation plastic has the advantageous effect of simultaneously exhibiting low permittivity and excellent mechanical strength due to the hollow fillers included therein. In addition, despite the low permittivity and excellent mechanical strength designed for the RF heat dissipation plastic, the RF heat dissipation plastic exhibits excellent heat dissipation performance due to non-hollow fillers included therein, which exhibit heat dissipation performance.

Abstract: Disclosed are a fusion protein comprising a thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) fragment and the use thereof. More specifically, disclosed are a fusion protein comprising a TSHR fragment comprising an extracellular domain of a wild-type TSHR and having a substitution of an amino acid at specific position and an immunoglobulin Fc region or a carboxy-terminal cap (C-CAP), and the use thereof. The fusion protein has improved pharmaceutical efficacy, in-vivo persistence and protein stability and a pharmaceutical composition containing the fusion protein as an active ingredient is useful as a therapeutic agent or diagnostic reagent for the alleviation of Graves' disease and Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Abstract: A tapered waveguide. In some embodiments, the waveguide has a narrow end and a wide end. A taper angle of the waveguide may be, at each point along the waveguide, less than an adiabatic taper angle by a margin. The margin may be greater at a first point than at a second point, where the adiabatic taper angle is less at the first point than at the second point.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat dissipation sheet. The heat dissipation sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented to include a matrix formed of a main resin including a rubber-based resin, and a heat dissipation filler dispersed in the matrix and having a modified surface. Accordingly, as the compatibility between dissimilar materials forming the heat dissipation sheet increases, the heat dissipation performance is more improved. In addition, although it is designed to have excellent heat dissipation performance, the cracking, shrinkage, and pore generation of the sheet can be minimized or prevented, so that the sheet can have excellent flexibility.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating plastic is provided. The heat-dissipating plastic according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is implemented by including a polymer matrix formed by including a main resin; and a carbon-based filler which is provided by being dispersed in the polymer matrix, and includes a fibrous carbon-based filler and a granular carbon-based filler. According to the above, the heat-dissipating plastic has remarkably excellent heat dissipation characteristics due to the remarkably excellent thermal conductivity, and it has an effect that the mechanical strength is remarkably excellent even though it is designed to have remarkably excellent heat dissipation characteristics. Accordingly, the implemented heat-dissipating plastic can be widely applied in various technical fields where excellent heat-dissipating performance and mechanical strength are required at the same time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat dissipation sheet for a low frequency antenna. The heat dissipation sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention is a heat dissipation sheet for a low frequency antenna having an operating frequency of 50 kHz to 350 kHz, and is implemented by including a matrix and a heat dissipation filler dispersed in the matrix and having graphite. According to this, the heat generated from the antenna can be quickly transferred to the outside without deterioration of the characteristics of the antenna operating in the low frequency band, so that it can be widely applied to various articles in the industry, such as electronic devices.

Abstract: A housing for repeater having an accommodation part accommodating therein a device for repeating an RF signal, and at least a portion of the housing is implemented with heat dissipation plastic having, at a frequency of 28 GHz, a relative permittivity of less than or equal to 4 and a thermal conductivity of greater than or equal to 3 W/mK. Accordingly, as the housing has a high heat dissipation performance against high heat generated from various types of devices provided inside the repeater for transmitting and receiving a signal in a high frequency band and minimizes the interference of transmission and reception of the signal in the high frequency band, the housing can be widely used as a housing for repeater in the mobile communication field or the like using a signal in a high frequency band.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer, characterized in using a dimer acid saponified material as an emulsifier in a polymerization initiation step and injecting a monomer and the emulsifier in three or more installments after initiating polymerization, and the conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by the preparation method of the present invention has excellent physical properties such as impact strength and reflection haze.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an anti-stripping agent for an asphalt mixture, which includes a refined slowly-cooled slag obtained by processing slag, generated in ironmaking and steelmaking processes, using a specific method, and to a method for preparing the same, an asphalt mixture including the same, and a method for preparing the asphalt mixture. The refined slowly-cooled slag may include 55 to 65 mass % of CaO, 5 to 10 mass % of SiO2, 1 to 5 mass % of Al2O3, and 1 to 5 mass % of MgO.

Abstract: A system may include a wafer that includes ICs and defines cavities. Each cavity may be formed in a BEOL layer of the wafer and proximate a different IC. The system may also include an interposer that includes a transparent layer configured to permit optical signals to pass through. The interposer may also include at least one waveguide located proximate the transparent layer. The at least one waveguide may be configured to adiabatically couple at least one optical signal out of the multiple ICs. Further, the interposer may include a redirecting element optically coupled to the at least one the waveguide. The redirecting element may be located proximate the transparent layer and may be configured to receive the at least one optical signal from the at least one waveguide. The redirecting element may also be configured to vertically redirect the at least one optical signal towards the transparent layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a diene-based rubber polymer, which includes: adding each of a diene-based monomer, a molecular-weight regulator, an initiator, and an emulsifier to a reactor a first time and carrying out polymerization; adding a molecular-weight regulator to the reactor a second time when a polymerization conversion rate of 48 to 72% is reached and carrying out polymerization; adding a diene-based monomer to the reactor a second time when a polymerization conversion rate of 63 to 77% is reached and carrying out polymerization; adding each of an initiator and an emulsifier to the reactor a second time when a polymerization conversion rate of 68 to 81% is reached and carrying out polymerization; and adding each of an initiator and an emulsifier to the reactor a third time when a polymerization conversion rate of 85 to 91% is reached and carrying out polymerization.