• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.213-220
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• 2017

This paper proposes how to fabricate an educational Mach-Zehnder interferometer that is easy to align and inexpensive, using 3D printers and semiconductor lasers. The interferometer consists of a body $165mm{\times}120mm{\times}57mm$ in size, mirror mounts, a laser holder, beam splitters, and so on. The laser path is adjusted by 4 mirror mounts, each comprised of rubber bands, small metal wires, and a screw. The interference fringe is enlarged by the lens at the final stage. The refractive index of a slide glass was measured by counting the number of moving interference fringes while the slide glass, inserted into one of the two interferometer arms, is rotating. The formula for the refractive index as a function of the optical-path difference and rotation angle was obtained, and used to calculate the refractive index of glass from the interferometer experiment. The use of a rotating glass in one arm of the interferometer nullifies the need for a precision stage, which despite its high cost is often required to observe the moving interference fringe in the classroom. Therefore, the 3D-printed Mach-Zehnder interferometer proposed in this paper can be very useful for education, because of its affordability and performance. It enables students to perform both qualitative and quantitative studies using a 3D-printed interferometer, such as measuring the refractive index of a glass sample, and the wavelength of light.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.334-338
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• 2001

A Fizeau interferometer without beam splitter was constructed. Single-mode optical fiber was used as a spherical wave source and the face of fiber end was polished and coated to be a reflecting surface. The reflecting surface was angled so that interference fringe could be detected by CCD camera. Beam splitter in front of a spherical wave source could distort the wave front and that was one of the component error sources. With the proposed configuration there was no need to place beam splitter in the system. Improvement of phase measuring accuracy was evaluated quantitatively by comparing the result of this setup with that of a conventional Fizeau interferometer. Wave front of the angled end-face optical fiber source was also measured to verify its sphericity by PS/PDI (Phase Shifting/Point Diffraction Interferometer). The principle of this technique was presented and the experimental results and its applications were discussed. ussed.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.231-237
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• 1994

We present spectroscopic methods to analyze the structural parameters of tandem Fabry-Perot interferometers. By using laser beams of two different frequencies by several tens of GHz, we investigated the cavity spacings of the two interferometers and ways to measure and to find the limitation of the neccesary conditions between the two interferometers. All of the theoretical results has been also confirmed experimentally.ntally.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 한국광학회 2003년도 제14회 정기총회 및 03년 동계학술발표회
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• pp.216-217
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• 2003

컴퓨터 기술, 영상 처리기술, 기계장치의 자동화 발전에 따라 레이저를 이용한 형상 측정 기술 개발은 반도체 표면 측정 등에 응용되어지는 매우 중요한 분야를 차지하고 있다. 레이저를 이용한 정밀 표면 측정 기술은 레이저 파장의 1／4에 해당하는 높이까지 CCD 카메라와 연계시켜 측정할 수가 있다. 레이저 간섭계는 Michelson, Mirau, Linnik 등에 의해 개발된 간섭계가 주로 이용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 4-bucket 알고리즘을 사용하기 위하여 영상을 $\theta$＝$\pi$／2씩 위상 이동시켜 다음과 같은 4개의 간섭 무의 강도 영상 정보를 획득하여 Borland C++ 프로그램을 이용 위상을 계산하였다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2012

The paper experimentally verifies the performance of Terrain-Aided Navigation (TAN) using an interferometric radio altimeter, which is recently used due to its accuracy. First, we propose a TAN system that utilizes an interferometric radio altimeter as a measurement system. Second, we implement extended Kalman filter, unscented Kalman filter, and particle filter to evaluate the performance of TAN according to the selection of filters and the difference of environments.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2022

This paper analyzes the performance of the IRA(Interferometric Radar Altimeter) by terrain type for estimating reliability of TRN(Terrain Referenced Navigation). The accuracy of the altitude is one of the key parameters of TRN's accuracy. When the antenna of the IRA has wide beamwidth, its altitude accuracy is directly affected by the configuration of the earth's surface. Hence, the accuracy and reliability of TRN can also be affected and may cause ambiguity in positioning. We present analysis data for estimating the reliability of TRN by modeling several topographies and analyzing the performance of the IRA. The results of the analysis are verified by comparison with test data.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.99-106
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• 1997

In this paper, we demonstrated, through experiment and numerical reconstruction, that the bias and the conjugate image, which are main drawbacks in incoherent holography, can be removed. By using wave plates of the modified triangular interferometer, which was made by adding simple passive devices to the conventional triangular interferometer, we adjusted the relative phase differences of two optical waves traveling in clockwise and counterclockwise. In this way, we obtained four intensity patterns, and then by manipulating the four intensity patterns electronically we obtained the complex hologram without bias and the conjugate image. Comparing numerical reconstruction results of the complex hologram with numerical reconstruction results of the hologram obtained from the conventional triangular interferometer, we demonstrated that bias and the conjugate image can be removed using the modified triangular interferometer.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 1996

Two type interference air refractometers have been developed by using a frequency stabilized He-Ne laser in a transverse magnetic field. The refractometers were based on symmetric multiple pass interferometer. In this system, One part of the beams passed through air whose refractivity is to be measured and the other part of the beams passed through a vacuum champer to be used as a reference. Several measurements were performed under normal air condition. Maximum difference between two interference refractometers was ${\pm}2{\times}10^{-8}$.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.392-398
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• 2003

We present a novel concept of a phase-shifting diffraction-grating interferometer, which is intended for the optical testing of concave mirrors with high precision. The interferometer is configured with a single reflective diffraction grating, which performs multiple functions of beam splitting, beam recombination, and phase shifting. The reference and test wave fronts are generated by means of reflective diffraction at the focal plane of a microscope objective with large numerical aperture, which allows testing fast mirrors with low f-numbers. The fiber-optic confocal design is adopted for the microscope objective to focus a converging beam on the diffractive grating, which greatly reduces the alignment error between the focusing optics and the diffraction grating. Translating the grating provides phase shifting, which allows measurement of the figure errors of the test mirror to nanometer accuracy.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.1900-1907
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• 1992

This paper presents the vibration mode, natural frequencies and amplitudes of the circular plate due to the changes of the boundary conditions by varying free arc angles. The vibration mode, amplitudes and natural frequencies of the circular plate are obtained by time-average holographic interferometry and laser doppler vibrometer. The vibration modes of the circular plate with the mixed boundary conditions are found from the 1st mode to the 4th mode. The curve shapes of the natural frequency ratios obtained from this study are in a good agreement with other results obtained by numerical analysis. The displacement curves obtained from time average holographic interferometry and laser doppler vibrometer agree well in case of large amplitude, but show a little difference in case of small amplitude.