• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.414-418
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• 1996

An electro-optic polymer digital optical switch was fabricated by using a photobleached waveguide and a self-aligned electrode. It features wavelength insensitive operation, fabrication tolerance and flexible design. And its possible advantages include low coupling losses to the fibers and wide bandwidths. For improving its switching performance, the guided mode profiles of the photobleached waveguides were controlled by photobleaching times to achieve optimized coupling in the branch. And the self-aligned electrode was employed to achieve both efficient overlap of the optical and electric fields and easy introduction of the adiabatically tapered electrodes. The measured crosstalks were better than -21dB at 1.32 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and 1.55 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, and the extinction ratios of each output port were also more than 20 dB.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.223-228
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• 2016

The birefringence of distributed, uniaxially anisotropic molecules like liquid crystals is calculated as the degree of ordering is varied. The relation between the normalized birefringence ${\Delta}n_{rel}$ and the orientational order parameter S is investigated. The distribution function, which enables one to monitor the degree of ordering of liquid crystals including randomly distributed ones, is introduced. Using this distribution function, a series of distributed liquid crystals with order parameters ranging from 0 to 1 are generated, and ${\Delta}n_{rel}$ and S of the correspondingly distributed liquid crystals are calculated. Based on the calculated data, it is revealed that ${\Delta}n_{rel}$ and S satisfy the quasi-linear relation of $S=(1+a){\Delta}n_{rel}-a{\Delta}n^2_{rel}$, where a can be approximated as $n_o{\frac{{\Delta}n}{4}}$. The anisotropy of molecular polarizability is also calculated, using the birefringence, and separately following Vuks' method and Neugebauer's method, and it is shown that the relations between S and the molecular-polarizability anisotropy are also quasi-linear.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.75-80
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• 2018

The working principle of a satellite camera involves a focusing mechanism for controlling the focus of the optical system, which is essential for proper functioning. However, research on focusing mechanisms of satellite optical systems in Korea is in the beginning stage and developed technology is limited to a thermal control type. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a motor-driven focusing mechanism applicable to small satellite optical systems. The proposed mechanism is designed to generate z-axis displacement in the secondary mirror by a motor. In addition, three flexure hinges have been installed on the supporter for application of preload on the mechanism resulting in minimization of the alignment error arising due to manufacturing tolerance and assembly tolerance within the mechanism. After fabrication of the mechanism, the alignment errors (de-space, de-center, and tilt) were measured with LVDT sensors and laser displacement meters. Conclusively, the proposed focusing mechanism could achieve proper alignment degree, which can be applicable to small satellite optical system.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.154-160
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• 1997

On the base of the fractional Fourier transform(FRT) which is known as a generalized form of the conventional Fourier transform, the fractional correlation has been implemented. Shift-variance property of the fraction correlation has been evaluated and compared with the shift-invariance of the conventional correlation. The fractional correlation operation has been implemented by using a planar optics configuration which integrates all of the optical components on a single glass substrate. A good agreement between the experimental and calculated results has been obtained.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.232-232
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• 2004

최근 초고속 광통신 시스템이 발달함에 따라, 광통신 시스템 및 초고속 광통신 시스템의 핵심 부품인 평면도파로형 분배기(Splitter) 및 결합기(Coupler), 파장분할 다중화소자(WDM), AWG(Arrayed Wave Guide) 필터와 같은 소자부품 수요가 급격히 늘고 있다. 그러나 이러한 소자를 생산하는 공정은 수공적인 방법에 의존하여 생산성 향상을 위한 자동화에 대한 요구가 시급하다 특히 소자(Devices)와 광섬유(Optical fiber) 사이의 광학적인 정렬(Alignment)과 접속(Attachment) 공정은 부품 성능 및 생산성 향상, 그리고 비용절감을 위한 가장 핵심적인 문제로 대두되고 있다.(중략)

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.191.1-191.1
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• 2012

저궤도 위성은 대구경 광학 탑재체를 장착한 지구관측 위성으로 자세제어 센서, 탑재 데이터 전송 안테나 및 탑재체가 정밀하게 장착되어야 한다. 이를 위해 정밀한 장착을 설계과정에서 검토 및 해석을 하기 위한 요구조건을 설정하고, 요구조건을 분석하는 과정을 거치게 된다. 분석이 수행되면 이 결과를 근거로 능동적인 정열오차 교정이 필요한지, 또는 단순히 위치 정열에 대한 측정만이 필요한지를 결정한다. 그리고 측정장비의 시야각 검증 및 위치정열 측정 방안을 검토 한 후 장비들의 위치 정렬 측정 시험을 통해 정확한 위치를 확인하고, 요구조건과 비교하여 만족하는지 확인하게 된다. 다시 말해서, 위성체에 장치된 각종 장비들이 설계된 위치에 정확히 위치하고 있는지 확인하는 과정이다. 본 논문에서는 저궤도위성의 정렬 요구조건 분석 및 측정 시험을 수행한 내용을 기술하고자 한다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.187-198
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• 2009

In this work, we calculate drop in antenna gain, aperture phase distribution, and antenna pointing shift of KVN(Korean VLBI Network) 21m shaped Cassegrain antenna due to misalignments of antenna optics using ray-tracing method. The misalignments we considered are axial displacement of feed, axial displacement of sub-reflector, lateral displacement of feed, lateral displacement of sub-reflector, and sub-reflector tilt. Calculations are performed not only when these misalignments exist separately, but also when they exist at the same time. Although ray-tracing method is based on geometric optics which does not consider electromagnetic effects, we expect that this work enables us to align antenna optics which give the maximum gain.

• 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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• 2000.02a
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• pp.280-281
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• 2000

Internet사용자의 급격한 증가에 따라 저가격이며 대용량의 optical access network의 구축이 시급한 실정이다. 광통신의 infrastructure를 구성하기 위해서는 광모듈의 저가격화가 가장 시급한 문제이다. 광모드 변환기가 집적된 반도체 레이저(SSC-LD)는 단일모드광섬유와의 광결합 손실 및 정렬허용오차, 동작시간, 광출력 등을 향상시킬 수 있어, 광가입자계 광송수신모듈의 가격을 낮출 수 있어 최근 매우 활발히 연구되고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.1-2
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• 2009