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"Radioterapi adalah suatu modalitas penanganan kanker dengan memanfaatkan radiasi pengion. Teknik radiasi yang saat ini menjadi perhatian adalah radiasi partikel, salah satunya adalah proton. Proton memiliki karakteristik puncak bragg (Bragg peak) yang mendepositkan energinya pada jangkauan kedalaman tertentu. Salah satu teknik penyinaran radioterapi adalah Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT). IMPT memiliki beam spot yang berukuran sangat kecil, sehingga memungkinkan distribusi dosis lebih konformal terhadap target. Organ paru-paru memiliki pergerakan yang membuat tantangan dalam pengerjaanya. Untuk mengurangi pengaruh pergerakan digunakan teknik 4D Computed Tomography (4DCT). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat efektivitas pengobatan kanker di paru-paru pada teknik radioterapi proton yang dibandingkan dengan radiasi foton sebagai acuan dasarnya. Selain itu, studi ini juga bertujuan untuk mengetahui besar perbedaan tingkat efektivitas perencanaan antara 3D CT dan 4D CT. Tingkat efektivitas perencanaan berdasarkan tiga parameter. Parameter tersebut yaitu Conformity Index (CI), Homogeneity Index (HI), dan Gradient Index (GI). Terdapat perbedaan yang cukup signifikan dari hasil perencanaan di kedua fantom tersebut. Untuk nilai CI dan HI nilai terbaik dapat dicapai pada fase ekspirasi. Namun untuk GI nilai terbaik dapat dicapai pada fase 0%. Dosis pada spinal cord setiap perencanaan, tidak memiliki perbedaan yang cukup signifikan. Kami menemukan pada paru-paru dengan teknik IMRT di fantom diam memiliki dosis melebihi ambang batas yang ditetapkan.

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The Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) technique is the most advanced technique in proton beam therapy. This is because IMPT can produce a dose distribution that is more appropriate to the target with a minimum dose in healthy organs. The use of radiotherapy for lung cancer cases has considerable challenges. This is due to the uncertainty of the range and movement of organs, which allows errors in planning to occur. 4 Dimension Computed Tomography (4DCT) is a technique that can provide temporal information on changes in healthy tissues and organs. Each phase generated from 4DCT, can provide information about the location, density, and volume of the target tissue and surrounding healthy organs. The use of all 4DCT planning phases in clinical practice has a very large workload, so one solution is to use only two extreme phases. This research was conducted by comparing the 10 planning phases using the IMPT technique. It aims to find out at what phase the best level of effectiveness is produced, based on the research data obtained. Evaluation was carried out based on the parameters of Conformity Index (CI), Gradient Index (GI), and Conformity Index (CI). The results of this study indicate that in the three parameters the best values ​​are in the two extreme phases. In the SFO and MFO techniques, the best CI value is in the 0% phase, while the HI value in the SFO technique is in the 50% phase and the MFO is in the 90% phase. In addition, for the GI value in both techniques, it is best to be in the 0% phase. "

"Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner merupakan alat pencitraan diagnostik yang memberikan informasi citra medis untuk menunjang pengobatan pasien, namun tanpa disadari pemanfaatan radiasinya dapat menimbulkan efek negatif pada organ sensitif sekitar. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengukur dosis organ sensitif (mata, tiroid, dan payudara) menggunakan fantom Rando pada CT Scanner area thorax. Untuk memudahkan penelitian ini, TLD rod 100 digunakan sebagai dosimeter, dimana kV dan pitch dijadikan sebagai variasi parameter penelitian. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa nilai paparan dosis tertinggi pada tiap kualitas berkas berturut-turut dari 80, 120, dan 140 kV yaitu payudara kanan (1,72±0,34 mGy), tiroid kanan (6,25±0,16 mGy), dan payudara kiri (10,78±0,76 mGy). Pada variasi pitch nilai paparan dosis tertinggi secara berturut-turut dari 4, 6, dan 8 yaitu payudara kiri (6,19±0,02 mGy), tiroid kanan (6,25±0,16 mGy), dan payudara kanan (5,08±0,85 mGy). Dapat disimpulkan bahwa nilai dosis payudara pada CT Thorax lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan mamografi, namun keduanya tidak melebihi nilai batas dosis yang ditetapkan International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) yaitu 5 Gy.

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Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner is an instrument of medical imaging using radiation to support treatment for patient, but the radiation may give a negative effect around sensitive organs. The research meant to measure dose for sensitive organs at thorax area (eyes, thyroid, and breast) using CT Scanner with rando phantom as an object. To ease this experiment, TLD rod 100 used as dosimetry, which kV and pitch as a parameter variation. The result showed that the highest dose for kV variation upon each sequent beam quality from 80, 120, and 140 kV are right breast (1,72±0,34 mGy), right thyroid (6,25±0,16 mGy), and left breast (10,78±0,76 mGy). Towards pitch variation the highest exposure dose value in sequently from 4, 6, and 8 are left breast (6,19±0,02 mGy), right thyroid (6,25±0,16 mGy), and right breast (5,08±0,85 mGy). As a conclusion, the dose on breast from CT Thorax is higher than the one from mammography but both are bellow dose value limit from International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) which is 5 Gy."

"Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk konstruksi fantom Computed Tomography Dose Index (CTDI) alternatif berbahan dasar resin epoxy yang setara dengan fantom CTDI standar IEC. Resin epoxy dicampur dengan cairan kontras berbahan iodin agar menghasilkan karakteristik radiologi yang menyerupai polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sebagai bahan penyusun fantom CTDI standar. Sebagai uji pendahuluan, dilakukan pengujian dengan metode Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) terhadap sampel campuran resin epoxy-iodin dengan konsentrasi iodin 0,10% - 0,62% (12 variasi) untuk mendapatkan nilai densitas elektron (Ie) relatif dan nomor atom efektif (Zeff) dari sampel. Fantom CTDI alternatif kemudian dibuat dengan konsentrasi iodin yang dipilih berdasarkan nilai Ie dan Zeff yang mendekati PMMA. Evaluasi dilakukan dengan uji komparasi hasil pengukuran dosis di fantom alternatif dibandingkan terhadap fantom CTDI standar sebagai referensi. Sebagai hasil uji pendahuluan, diketahui pada konsentrasi 0,46% resin epoxy (variasi 9) memiliki Ie dan Zeff dengan simpangan terhadap nilai Ie dan Zeff berturut-turut 0,12% dan 1,58%, sehingga variasi 9 dipilih sebagai komposisi fantom CTDI yang dibuat. Sebagai hasil evaluasi, didapat nilai diskrepansi dosis rata-rata sebesar 5% dan 1% dengan faktor koreksi terhadap fantom standar sebesar 0,95 dan 1,01, berturut-turut untuk fantom kepala dan tubuh. Hasil t-test antara pengukuran di fantom alternatif kepala dan tubuh dengan fantom standar di setiap energi juga menunjukkan p< 0,05 yang mengindikasikan kesetaraan performa fantom CTDI alternatif dengan fantom CTDI standar IEC.

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This study aims to construct an alternative Computed Tomography Dose Index (CTDI) phantom based on epoxy resin which is equivalent to the IEC standard CTDI phantom. Epoxy resin was mixed with iodine-based contrast agent to produce radiological characteristics resembling polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) as a standard CTDI phantom. As a preliminary study, testing was carried out using the Dual Energy Computed Tomography (DECT) method on 12 variations of epoxy-iodine resin mixtures with iodine concentrations of 0.10% - 0.62% to obtain relative electron density (Ie) values ​​and effective atomic numbers (Zeff) of the samples. The alternative CTDI phantoms were then constructed with resin-iodine mixture using iodine concentrations that yields on closest Ie and Zeff values to those of PMMA. The evaluation was carried out by means of a comparative test of dose measurement results in alternative phantoms compared to the standard CTDI phantom as a reference. As a result of the preliminary study, at a concentration of 0.46% the epoxy resin (variation 9) has Ie and Zeff with a deviation against PMMA ​​of 0.12% and 1.58% respectively, so that variation 9 was chosen as the composition with which the alternative CTDI phantom was constructed. As a result of the evaluation, the average dose discrepancy values ​​obtained were 5% and 1% with a correction factor against the standard phantom of 0,95 and 1,01, respectively for the head and body phantoms. The student’s t-test result between measurements on alternative head and body phantoms against the standard phantoms at each energy also shown p <0.05 which indicates the comparability of the alternative CTDI phantom performance with the IEC-standard CTDI phantom."

"CT-scan abdomen merupakan opsi dalam penegakan diagnosis terkait dengan dugaan penyakit yang diderita pasien menggunakan radiasi pengion, namun resiko radiasi pada organ sensitif di sekitar area abdomen dapat menimbulkan kekhawatiran tersendiri. Maka dari itu, dilakukan penelitian untuk menunjukkan seberapa besar dosis radiasi yang diterima organ sensitif (gonad, payudara, tiroid dan mata) pada pelaksanaan pemeriksaan CT abdomen, dengan fantom rando sebagai objek pemeriksaan dan TLD rod sebagai penangkap radiasi. Pelaksanaan pemeriksaan dilakukan dengan memvariasikan kV (80,120 dan 140) dan nilai pitch (4,6 dan 8). Dosis radiasi terbesar didapatkan pada gonad dengan 7,67 mGy dan terendah pada tiroid kanan dengan 0,01 mGy. Sehingga, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pemeriksaan CT-scan abdomen tidak menimbulkan efek langsung.

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CT-scan for abdomen area is an examination option in diagnosis that related to patient’s disease, but the radiation risk that appears on sensitive organs near abdomen area need to be concern. Therefore, a research was done to show how much radiation dose for organs received (gonad, breasts, thyroids, and eyes) in CT-scan examination for abdomen, using rando phantom as an object and TLD rod as dosemeter. The variation of examination was done for kV (80, 120, and 140) and pitch (4, 6, and 8). The result show that gonad had received the highest radiation dose with 7,674 mGy (tube’s voltage was 140 kV, pitch 6). So, it can be concluded that examination with CT-scan did not give deterministic effect to sensitive organs."

"Pengecekan akurasi kualitas citra dalam program kontrol kualitas quality control, QC dapat ditingkatkan dengan penggunaan fantom yang mendekati kondisi realistis pada pemindaian klinis. Penelitian ini ditujukan untuk mengembangkan fantom desain khusus yang terdiri dari material organik ekuivalen-hati dan otot jaringan lunak . Karakterisasi sifat radiologi material ekuivalen jaringan menunjukan bahwa material ekuivalen jaringan lunak otot yang tersusun atas campuran Gondorukem, Malam Cecek, dan tepung beras dengan rasio massa 70/20/10 memiliki CT Number -20.27 0.33 HU, densitas massa 1.055 g/cm3 dan densitas elektron 3.461 1023 e/m3. Material ekuivalen jaringan hati yang tersusun atas campuran Malam Cecek dan tepung beras dengan rasio massa 60/40 memiliki CT Number 74.17 1.48 HU, densitas massa 1.024 g/cm3 dan densitas elektron 3.396 1023 e/m3. Penggunaan fantom desain khusus dalam mengevaluasi kualitas citra PET berdasarkan parameter full-width-half-maximum FWHM resolusi dan signal-to-noise ratio SNR menunjukan bahwa detektabilitas sistem pemindaian PET bergantung terhadap ukuran pixel dan metode rekonstruksi citra yang digunakan. Sistem pencitraan PET/CT Siemens Biograph dengan rekonstruksi True-X dan filter Butterworth menggunakan ukuran pixel 1 x 1 mm2, memberikan ukuran obyek pada citra PET lebih kecil daripada ukuran obyek sebenarnya, kecuali pada obyek 4.02 mm. Sistem pemindaian PET/CT Philips Gemini TOF 16 dengan ukuran pixel 4 x 4 mm2 menunjukan adanya perbesaran ukuran obyek kecil dengan diameter kurang dari 16 mm. Kedua pesawat PET/CT menunjukan bahwa ukuran obyek pada citra cenderung lebih kecil atau mencapai threshold 80 dari ukuran sebenarnya pada obyek berdiameter lebih besar sama dengan 16.30 mm. Sebaliknya, overestimation nilai FWHM terjadi pada obyek berukuran kecil 4.20 mm sebagai akibat dari terjadinya partial volume effect. Studi pengukuran kualitas citra dengan fantom desain khusus ini menunjukan bahwa pemilihan metode rekonstruksi, filter post processing, dan ukuran pixel mempengaruhi resolusi atau detektabilitas dan SNR pada citra PET. Pada akhirnya, fantom desain khusus ini mampu memberikan analisa kualitas.

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The purpose of this research was to develop a phantom for quality control QC of PET CT image quality. The phantom was constructed by tissue equivalent materials which consist six cylindrical hot lesions with diameter of 4.20, 6.20, 8.30, 9,80, 16.30, and 19.00 mm. Wax and rice starch were combined to produce the tissue equivalent materials. The results showed that combination 70 20 10 of gondorukem cecek wax rice starch and 60 40 of cecek wax rice starch yielded liver and muscle surrogate materials respectively. Liver equivalent material LEM was 74.17 1.48 HU, 1.024 g cm3 of mass density, and 3.396 1023 e m3 of electron density. While, muscle equivalent material MEM was 20.27 0.33 HU, 1.055 g cm3 of mass density and 3.461 1023 e m3 of electron density.

Then, the phantom was scanned using two different PET CT scanner to determine the detectability and signal to noise ratio SNR as measure PET CT imaging performance. It showed that the detectability of PET CT scanner was affected by pixel size and reconstruction method for image acquisitions. For Siemens Biograph PET CT scanned using pixel sixe of 1 1 mm2, FWHMs were smaller than the actual size of the hot lesions. Meanwhile, for Philips Gemini PET CT scanned using pixel sixe of 4 4 mm2, FWHMs were larger than the actual size of the hot lesions.

For both PET CT scanner, ratio of FWHM actual size reached the threshold of 80 at object diameter ge 16.30 mm. In contrast, overestimation of FWHM occurred at smaller object diameter 4.20 mm significantly caused by the partial volume effect. The study also indicated that image reconstructions, post processing smoothing filter, and pixel size may give impact to the detectability and SNR performed by a PET CT system. It was concluded that the phantom could be used to analyze the image quality performance in PET CT imaging."

"Penelitian ini menggunakan fantom abdomen in house dengan tujuan mengukur dosis di berbagai daerah organ yaitu hepar, ginjal, reproduksi dan bladder. Pengukuran dosis pada daerah organ dilakukandengan menggunakan dosimeter gafchromic dan TLD. Selain itu penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui profil dosis sepanjang sumbu-z dan image quality dengan variasi pitch factor. Faktor eksposi yang digunakan disesuaikan dengan aplikasi klinis abdomen yaitu 130 kV, 80 mAs, rotation 1.5 s dan delay 3 s. Pemilihan parameter pitch factor pada pemeriksaan CT abdomen akan mempengaruhi nilai dosis dan image quality. Variasi Pitch factor yang digunakan 0,8; 1 dan 1.5. Secara umum pengukuran dosis dengan gafchromic dan TLD di berbagai daerah organ memperlihatkan bahwa semakin besar penggunaan pitch factor maka dosis yang didapatkan semakin kecil. Profil dosis sepanjang sumbu-z berbentuk parabola yang simetris dengan dosis maksimum di sekitar 3.45 mGy dan dosis minimum pada awal dan akhir scanning sekitar 3.286 mGy. Hubungan nilai SNR dan slice untuk ketiga nilai pitch 0.8, 1 dan 1.5 pada umumnya sinusoidal dan untuk obyek di daerah kanan dan kiri menunjukkan kurva yang berbeda fase. Demikian juga antara dua titik atas dan bawah. Pengukuran kesesuaian antara citra obyek dengan ukuran obyek sebenarnya dari 512 data diperoleh hasil pada pitch factor 0.8 deviasi diameter 0 ndash; 5 sekitar 50.5 dan selebihnya 49.5 deviasinya diatas 5 . Pada pitch factor 1 deviasi 0 ndash; 5 sekitar 53.5 dan deviasi lebih dari 5 sekitar 46.7 , sedangkan untuk pitch factor 1.5 deviasi 0 ndash; 5 sekitar 68 dan deviasi lebih dari 5 sekitar 32.

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This study uses in house phantom abdomen with the aim of measuring doses in different regions of the organ namely liver, kidney, reproduction and bladder. Measurement of dose in the organ region is done by using gafchromic and TLD dosimeter. In addition, this study aims to determine the profil dose along the z axis and image quality with variation of pitch factor. The exposure factors were adjusted for the clinical application of abdomen 130 kV, 80 mAs, rotation 1.5 and delay 3 s. Selection of pitch factor parameters on abdominal CT examination will affect the dose value and image quality. Variation of pitch factor used 0.8 1 and 1.5. In general, Measurements dose with gafchromic and TLD in different organ regions showed that the greater the use pitch factor the smaller the dose. Profil doses along the z axis are parabolic shapes symmetrical with maximum doses about 3.450 mGy and minimum doses at the start and end of scanning around 3.286 mGy. The relation of SNR and slice values to the three pitch values 0.8 1 and 1.5 is generally sinusoidal and for the object in the right and left regions show different curves of phase. Likewise between the two points above and below. Measurement of conformity between object image and actual object size from 512 data obtained result on pitch 0.8 deviation of 0 ndash 5 diameter around 50.5 and 49.5 deviation over 5 . In pitch factor 1 deviation 0 ndash 5 about 53.5 and deviation more than 5 about 46.7 , while for pitch factor 1.5 deviations 0 ndash 5 about 68 and deviation more than 5 about 32 ."

"X-ray computed tomography (CT) has been playing an important role in current medical practice for diagnostic procedure. Beside its delicate technology, the 'hidden' software of CT image reconstruction has contributed almost half of total cost of a CT-scanner unit. Since Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) is a basic to understand an iterative method of CT image reconstruction algortihm, and since it is difficult to find a clear description of fan beam ART algorithm in university literatures, it is important to develop an own algorithm and to begin a basic systematic research of this iterative method. After a long term of trial and error work, the research had succeded in developing an ART algorithm for third generation CT image reconstruction. By comparing the result of the research with more popular technique like Filtered Back Projection (FBP), the algorithm has been proved applicable to reconstruct a low dimension object matrix (32x32 and 64x64). By the resulted computer program, then basically a simple and low cost third generation CT-scanner can be designed for medical physics or biomedical imaging research. Finding a way of shortening the massive number of iterations process then, will be able to open the possibility of using the software for higher object matrix dimensions."

"Computed Tomography (CT) merupakan modalitas sinar-X untuk membuat citra organ dalam tiga dimensi. Akuisisi citra dilakukan dengan perputaran tabung sinar-X yang disertai gerakan meja, sehingga tabung mengelilingi pasien dalam bentuk spiral. Gerakan meja pasien persatu rotasi gantry dibagi lebar kolimator pada isocenter dikenal dengan pitch, yang berpengaruh pada kualitas citra maupun dosis radiasi pada pasien. Telah diobservasi profil ditribusi dosis sepanjang sumbu-Z fantom simulasi toraks in house berbentuk silinder elips dengan ukuran 28 cm × 21 cm dan panjang 22 cm. Fantom terbuat dari bahan PMMA dengan Hounsfield Unit (123,10 ± 3,96 HU) dilengkapi dengan objek simulasi paru dari gabus patah (-790,60 ± 15,55 HU), dan tulang belakang dari material teflon dengan (918,60 ± 7,35) balok dan silinder untuk tempat film gafchromic ukuran 1 cm x 25 cm. Posisi film ditandai dengan 1-9 dengan koordinat berturut turut (0, 0), (5, 0), (10, 0), (-5, 0), (-10, 0), (0, 4), (0, 8), (0,-4), (0,-8). Citra fantom diakuisisi dengan kondisi eksposi 120 kV,100 mAs dan pitch 0,8, 1,0, dan 1,5. Dosis minimum terjadi pada awal dan akhir scan untuk seluruh profil dan nilai pitch, dosis rata-rata material paru (2, 3, 4, dan 5) dalam rentang (2,49-2,90) mGy untuk pitch 0,8 dan (2,36-2,88) mGy untuk pitch 1,0, serta (2,33-2,74) mGy untuk pitch 1,5, relatif lebih rendah disbanding dengan pada jaringan lunak dan tulang. Dosis maksimum selalu terjadi di pertengahan sumbu-Z. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa penggunaan pitch 0,8 dan 1,0 tidak memberikan perbedaan dosis yang signifikan dan menurunkan dosis rata-rata pada pitch 1,5. Selain itu dosis maksimum tidak selalu terjadi di pertengahan sumb-z dikarenakan oleh material isotropis.

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Computed Tomography (CT) is an X-ray modality for scanning organ in three dimensional images. Image acquisition is performed by rotating X-ray tube that match with table movements, there by the tube can cover patient body in a spiral scan. Patient table movements by gantry rotation divided by the width of the collimator on the isocenter is known as a pitch, which affects the image quality and radiation dose in the patient. A dose distribution profile has been observed along the z-axis of the in-house thorax phantom simulation in an elliptical cylinder form with the size of 28 cm x 21 cm and 22 cm length. Phantom is made from PMMA with Hounsfield Unit (123.10 ± 3.96 HU) was equipped with a lungs simulation object using a cork (-790.60 ± 15.55 HU), a spine using Teflon material (918.6 ± 7.35 HU), and 9 bar and a cylinder to place 1 cm x 25 cm gafchromic films. The position of the film was marked with point position 1-9 for the series of coordinates (0,0), (5, 0), (10, 0), (-5, 0), (-10, 0), (0, 4), (0, 8), (0,-4), (0, -8) cm. The phantom images was performed with an exposure condition by 120 kV, 100 mAs and pitch variations (0.8, 1.0 and 1.5). The minimum dose occured at the beginning and end of the scan for all profiles and pitch values. The average dose of lung material (2, 3, 4, and 5) in the range (2.49-2.90) mGy for pitch 0.8, (2.36-2.88) mGy for pitch 1.0 and (2.33-2.74) mGy for pitch 1.5. The dose in lung was relatively lower compared to the dose in soft tissue and bone. The maximum dose always occur in the middle of the z-axis. It can be concluded that the use of pitch 0.8 and 1.0 did not provide a significant dose difference and reduced the average dose on pitch 1.5. Moreover, the maximum dose does not always occur in the middle of the z-axis due to an isotropic material."

"Kita membandingkan dua bentuk propagator yang berbeda yaitu bentuk propagator yang disederhanakan dan bentuk propagator yang lengkap dari resonans nukleon spin-3/2 dan spin-5/2 dengan menggunakan model isobar dan pendekatan Lagranggian efektif pada fotoproduksi eta-meson pada proton γ + N -> η + N. Kita menghitung amplitude transisi dengan memasukkan suku Born, suku vektor-meson, dan resonans nukleon ( N1(1520)D13, N2(1535)S11, N3(1650)S11, N4(1675)D15, N5(1680)F15, N6(1700)D13, N7(1710)P11, dan N8(1720)P13 ). Parameter konstanta kopling diperoleh berdasarkan hasil perhitungan dari formula yang telah ditetapkan dengan data input berdasarkan data partikel.

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We compare two different propagator forms that are simple and complete propagators of spin-3/2 and spin-5/2 nucleon resonances by using isobar models and effective Lagrangian approach for eta-meson photoproduction on the proton γ + N -> η + N. We calculate the transition amplitudes by including Born term, vector-meson term, and nucleon resonances ( N1(1520)D13, N2(1535)S11, N3(1650)S11, N4(1675)D15, N5(1680)F15, N6(1700)D13, N7(1710)P11, and N8(1720)P13 ). The coupling constant parameters are obtained based on the calculation results based on the particle data group."

"ABSTRACTThe combination of the coupled mode and normal mode theories has been used to formulaic the theoretical performance represented by the coupling length and crosstalk parameters of the X-cut APE-LN SDC fabricated using the benzoic acid as the proton source, where in this case the matrix effective refractive index (MERI) method is applied for solving the symmetric and antisymmetric propagation constants of the normal modes propagating in this device. The corresponding near field method has been used to experimentally determine its crosstalk. The actual performance of this device is characterized by comparing the theoretically calculated with the experimentally determined crosstalk parameters. A software computer program has been developed in order to numerically characterize the entire characteristic and performance of the SDC under study. For the SDC under study, the best crosstalk obtained at the operating wavelength lamda =1.3 micrometer is ~0.21 dB for the interaction length L = 6 mm and the gap separation g = 5 mm. Its coupling length is ~ 1.33 mm. The propagation constant of the corresponding individual single-mode X-cut APE-LN channel waveguide making up this SDC is beta = 10.37901 micrometer, and thereby its effective refractive index is N cπ= 2.14743330. It has been shown that the fabricated SDC is very lossy. It has been deduced that its bad performance predominantly caused by the side diffusion effect, corresponding to the fabrication problem, where in this case the substrate sample has been not coated first with the buffer layer when the deposition of substrate sample with the aluminum mask was to be performed in the fabrication stages. Moreover, in this case only the simple annealing has been performed. The successive annealing process in order to reduce the coupling loss has been not applied yet. Under the assumption that the fabrication tolerances are such that the practical devices with coupling loss below 0.25 dB are feasible, the fabricated SDC under study is a 3 dB coupler. "