• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.162-166
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a WDM optical true time-delay (OTTD) beam former for phased way antenna (PAA) systems. It is composed of a delay lines matrix and a multiwavelength source with discrete DFB laser diodes. The building block of a delay lines matrix is a $2\times2$ optical MEMS switch with proper fiber-optic delay line connected between cross ports. A $4\times3$ matrix using four DFB lasers has been fabricated with unit time-delay difference of 12 ps. Maximum time-delay error was measured to be -1.74 ps and +1.14 ps at a radiation angle of $46.05^{\circ}$, corresponding to error range of $-2.87^{\circ}\sim+1.88^{\circ}$. By measuring time-delays at six different RF frequencies from 5- to 10-GHz, we verified the true time-delay characteristic of our OTTD.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.111-119
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• 2010

In this paper the numerical methods of finding out the optimal position of optical phase conjugator (OPC) and the optimal fiber dispersion are proposed, which are able to effectively compensate overall channels in $16{\times}40$ Gbps WDM system. And the compensation characteristics in the system with two induced optimal parameters are compared with those in the system with the currently used mid-span spectral inversion (MSSI) in order to confirm the availability of the proposed methods. It is confirmed that the reception performances are largely improved in the system with the induced optimal parameters than in the system with MSSI through the analyzing the eye opening penalty (EOP) and bit error rate (BER) characteristics. It is also confirmed that two optimal parameters depend on each other, but are less related with the procedural problem about the first optimal value among these parameters.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.290-291
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• 2000

광전달망에서 전송용량의 폭발적인 수요 증가에 대처하기 위한 최적의 솔루션으로 파장분할다중화(WDM: wavelength division multiplexing) 방식이 도입되고 있으며, 그 적용 영역 또한 장거리 시외망, 단거리 시내망부터 인터넷 트래픽 전달용 백본망을 위한 핵심기술로 정착될 것으로 예측하고 있다. WDM 광전송 방식은 기존의 시분할 다중(TDM: time division multiplexing) 방식이 갖는 동기식(SDH: synchronous digital hierarchy) 전송기술의 한계를 보완할 수 있으며, 신호의 다중화 및 역다중화 구성체계가 단순하고, 입력 광신호에 대한 신호속도나 형태등의 제한도 없기 때문에, 기존의 동기식 전송에 비해 전송용량을 쉽게 확장할 수 있다는 장점을 가지고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.260-261
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• 2002

파장 다중화(WDM) 방식의 광통신시스템에서 그림 1(a),(b)에 나타낸 바와 같이 한 쌍의 입출력 포트의 신호 방향을 바꾸는 광 가감기(Optical Add Drop Multiplexer)용의 2$\times$2 광 스위치가 사용된다 특히 멤스형 광 스위치는 삽입손실, 누화, 편광 및 파장 의존 손실 등이 낮아 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다.(1-3) 광 스위치의 삽입손실을 낮추기 위해, 렌즈나 굴절률 맞춤액을 사용하는데, 광섬유를 정렬, 혹은 패키징할 때 렌즈나 맞춤액의 취급이 어렵다는 문제점이 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.28-29
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• 2000

Optical power splitters and/or couplers are important components for optical signal distribution between channels both in wavelength division multiplexing(WDM) systems and photonic integrated circuits(PICs). Since polarization is usually not known after propagation in an optical fiber, passive WDM components have to be polarization insensitivity, Compared to alternatives such as directional couplers or Y-junction splitters, splitters based on multimode interference(MMI) have found a growing interest in recent yens because of their desirable characteristics, such as compact size, low excess loss, wide bandwidth, polarization independence, and relaxed fabrication tolerances$^{(1)}$ . These devices have been fabricated in polymers, silica, or III-V semiconductor materials. A1 $\times$ 4 MMI power splitter on InP materials that were suitable for application in the 1.55-${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ region$^{(2)}$ . However, the fabrication process of the structure is too complicated and the photolithography tolerance is very tight. Also, a 1 $\times$ 16 InGaAsP/InP MMI power splitter with an excess loss of 2.2dB and a splitting ratio of 1.5dB was demonstrated by using deep etching$^{(3)}$ . The deep etching of the sidewalls through the entire guide layer of the slab waveguide resulted in a number of drawbacks$^{(4)}$ . (omitted)

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.31-38
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• 2000

We propose a new photorefractive demultiplexer(DMUX) which can select the 16 channel signal in WDM optical communication system using the wavelength selectivity and the demultiplexing property through multiple recording of holographic volume grating in photorefractive Fe-LiNbO$_{3}$ crystal. For the multiple writing of the 16 channels having uniform diffraction efficiency, the rotation multiplexing technique and the exposure time schedule are used. Designed DMUX has the 16 channels with 0.5nm spacing between 670nm and 677.5nm and the bandwidth of 0.16nm. From the experimental results, the diffraction efficiency of each channel is 8.3 $\pm$0.62%, the optical loss from fresnel reflection and absorption on the crystal is 0.4cm-1, the 3㏈ bandwidth is 0.16 $\pm$0.005nm and the channel spacing is 0.46~0.5nm.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.26 no.8B
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• pp.1048-1056
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• 2001

파장분할 다중 광전송 시스템으로의 적용을 위한 홀로그래픽 다채널 역다중화기를 제안하고, 소자 특성에 대한 이론적 예측 및 실험결과를 제시하였다. LiNbO3:Fe 결정에 다중 홀로그래픽 부피 격자채널을 기록하기 위해 각도 다중 기록 및 노출시간 계획을 적용하였으며, 노출시간 계획에 recycling 기법을 적용해 각 채널의 균일도를 향상시켰다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방식을 실험적으로 입증하기 위해 1590nm 파장영역에서 0.8nm 채널 간격을 갖는 8채널 역다중화기를 설계하고 해석하였으며, 실험결과 각 채널은 0.8∼0.92%의 회절효율, 0.38∼0.45nm의 3dB 통과대역, 0.7∼0.89nm의 채널간격 및 -26.98dB 이상의 채널 누화 억제 특성을 관찰하였다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.335-339
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• 2000

A $1.31/1.55\mu\textrm{m}$ coarse WDM opncal dIrectional coupler that conslsls of two idenlical straight channel waveguides in BK7 glass has been fabricated. The separatIOn between two channel waveguides is $8\mu\textrm{m}$ and the wavegu.ide width is $4\mu\textrm{m}$ . Especlally, we assumed that the index profile is Gaussian function and complementary error function in the width direction and depth direction, respectrvely. This directional coupler operating at $1.31/1.55\mu\textrm{m}$ with crosstalk of 18dB is demonstrated and has the 16 mm long length with 12.6 mm coupling region.region.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.200-204
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• 2001

The structural design and the measured characteristics of optical signal amplification unit for 640 Gbps (10 Gbps$\times$64 ch.) WDM transmission systems are reported. The unit is composed of two sub gain block units for the amplification of C-band (1530-1560 nm) and L-band (1570-1600 nm), respectively. Programmable microprocessors monitor the states of operation and optimize the optical output conditions. Each sub gain block unit can maintain total optical output power of +21 dBm with gain flatness of < 1 dB and noise figure of <7.2 dB for the input power in the dynamic range from-5 to +1 dBm.+1 dBm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.406-409
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• 2003

In this paper, a 4-wavelength optical transceiver system is designed and implemented by using TFF (thin film filter) type OADMs (optical add-drop multiplexers). In this new system, the wavelengths of 1510 nm and 1530 nm are used for uploa and download signals, respectively, as well as the wavelengths of 1550 nm and 1310 nm which have been utilized in a 2-wavelength optical transceiver systems. The 4-wavelength optical module show pass characteristics of -1.6 dBm, -1.7 dBm, -5.6 dBm, -5.8dBm for 1510nm, 1530 nm, 1550 nm, 1570 nm, respectively, with 1.2 dBm of input laser power. The isolation for characteristics of the optical module for all the wavelengths are less than -40dB, which is very acceptable for filed requirements.