• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.145-150
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• 2023

Non-uniform optical taper waveguides have been widely used as devices for high-efficiency mode coupling, as they are integrated with single-mode optical fibers or photonic crystal waveguides. In this paper, we present a new platform for chemical sensing and bio-sensing using optical taper waveguides with these characteristics. The principle of operation is based on the coupling efficiency and interference properties of optical directional coupler (DC) and multi-mode interference coupler (MMIC). First, the curvature characteristics of taper sections of DC and MMIC is explained, and the design specifications of optimized taper waveguide to increase waveguide sensitivity is selected. Next, the sensor response to the change in refractive index of sensing analyte is numerically analyzed. Numerical results show that as the length of couplers increases, the effective index per change in refractive index unit (RIU) of analyte increases, and that sensitivity can be tuned using taper DC and MMIC design techniques.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.30-31
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• 2000

파장 분할 다중 방식을 사용하는 모든 전광 통신망은 파장 재사용과 routing를 위해 반드시 파장 변환기를 필요로 한다. 본 논문에서는 반도체 광 증폭기와 반도체 레이저를 수평 결합시킨 새로운 구조를 제안함으로써 기존의 파장 변환기가 가졌던 문제점들을[1][2][3] 해결하고자 한다. 두개의 모드가 약하게 결합되었을 때는 그 파의 크기나 전파상수는 서로 영향을 미치게 된다. 예를 들면 수평결합 파장가변 LD[4]나 방향성 결합 파장 변환기[5]는 이 특성을 이용한 소자이다. 본 논문에서 제안된 소자도 이러한 결합모드 특성을 이용하였다. (중략)

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.54-62
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• 1999

In this paper, we investigated the signal-to-noise ratio improvement in a differential detector, which is a function of the optical noise coupling ratio and the differential gain ratio. A differential detector consists of two photodiodes and a differential amplifier. The differential detector reduced the noise component and improved the signal-to-noise ratio by about 20 dB when the differential gain ratio equals to the optical noise coupling ratio. The differential detector is very effective in removing the environmental optical noise or interference from an adjacent optical channel. This method is also effective when the noise wavelength is similar to the signal.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.28-33
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• 2004

An in-line fiber coupler, based on side-polished single-mode fibers covered with an intermediate coupling layer and a planar waveguide, is analyzed by modeling the interaction region as an equivalent multi-layered planar waveguide. The reflectance for the multi-layered structure with and without buffer layer is illustrated as a function of the refractive index and thickness of the overlay waveguides. When the refractive index of the overlay waveguides is greater than that of the fiber core, the conditions for the intermediate coupling layer to increase the power coupling from the fiber to the overlays is also explained. Through the experimental results using a LiNbO$_3$planar waveguide, we show that the theoretical analysis is reasonable and in good agreement with the measured values.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.104-110
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• 1998

The energy transfer between two incident beams in a photorefractive Cu-doped(0.04 wt. %) ${(K_{0.5}Na_{0.5})}_{0.2}{(Sr_{0.61}Ba_{0.39})}_{0.9}Nb_2O_6$ crystal is investigated at 632.8 nm laser wavelength. In addition, the coherent two-wave coupling properties of a photoinduced refractive-index grating in the presence of amplitude modulation on the signal beam or reference beam are also experimentally investigated. Some preliminary exprimental results are presented for use as a dynamic photorefracitive combiners and pulse shaping elements in coherent optical communication systems and in optical signal processing.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.80-80
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• 2008

바이오 센서 응용 연구에 많이 사용되는 금(Au) 나노 입자를 이용한 국소 표면 플라즈몬 공명(Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance, LSPR)에 의한 산란광을 검출하는데 주로 이용되는 암시야(dark field) 현미경 검출 방식에 관한 전산모사를 통하여 입사광의 입사 방식에 따른 산란광 세기를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 전산모사 기법으로는 국소 표면 플라즈몬 공명의 동역학적인 현상을 모사할 수 있는 유한차분시간영역(Finite Difference Time Domain, FDTD) 기법을 이용하였는데, 이러한 기법이 암시야 현미경 전산 모사에 유효함을 우선적으로 검증하였다. 암시야 현미경 검출 방식의 모사에서 입사 광원의 반사 입사 방식과 투과 입사 방식을 비교하였고, 각각의 방식에 서 입사광의 입사각에 따른 산랑광 세기를 계산하였다. 이러한 전산모사를 통하여 프리즘을 통한 내부 전반사(Total Internal Reflection, TIR) 방식에서 입사 광원의 임계각 근처에서 많이 발생하는 에바네슨트 장(evanescent field)을 결합하는 경우 산란광 세기가 증가함을 관찰하였고, 이러한 세기의 변화를 프레넬(Fresnel) 방정식에 의해 계산된 에바네슨트 장의 세기 분포와 비교 분석하였다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2005

We have studied the polarization effects and the coupling intensity effects of electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT) in the 5S$_{1}$2-/5P$_{3}$2-/5D$_{5}$2/ ladder system of Rb. We obtained the EIT spectrum with the hyperfine structure of 5D$_{5}$2/ transitions and the minimal width of the measured EIT spectrum was 6.5 MHz. We observed the change of the relative magnitudes of the hyperfine structure of EIT according to not only the polarizations of lasers but also the intensity of the coupling laser. The cause of the coupling intensity effects is that the EIT signal nonlinearly increases to the coupling intensity.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.3 no.1 s.4
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• pp.86-92
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• 1999

A rigorous modal transmission-line theory (MTLT) based on effective dielectric method (EDM) is introduced and developed for the design of optical directional couplers with rib-type. This approach provides a rigorous numerical algorithm that takes all the possible guided components into consideration, and thus may serve as an appropriate reference to access the accuracy of such simplified methods as effective index method (EIM) and perturbation theory. Consequently, to search the optical parameters for maximum power coupling of the optical couplers, we evaluate the operating wavelength, the interval S between rib guides and the thickness t of a cladding layer.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.39-48
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• 2000

We newly proposed a polymer based vertical asymmetric optical coupler, which was characterized by simple fabricating procedure and short coupling length. And we fabricated a thermo-optic modulator using the polymeric optical coupler. We optimized the proposed device by coupling characteristic analysis. In a TE polarized 1.33${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ wavelength, we obtained very short coupling length(L=277.6${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$) with 0.4${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ thickness of middle layer, high coupling efficiency(94%), and asymmetric vertical waveguides with n$_{u}$ = 1.522, n$_{l}$ = 1.51. We implemented vortical asymmetric thermo-optic modulator with lower inverted rib waveguide and upper slab waveguide. In the 600Hz bandwidth and 4.5㎽ input power, the extinction ratio of the mode was 17㏈ with an insertion loss of 4.5㏈.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2010

Line lamps, which utilize leaky optical fibers based on periodic bending of plastic optical fibers, are proposed. The LED-optical fiber coupler, the key component of the line lamp, is designed and analyzed. The analysis by the Monte Carlo photon simulation method has shown that the optical coupling efficiency is affected rather sensitively by $\theta_w$, the slanting angle of the reflecting cup sidewall and $\rho_{ref}$, the reflectivity of the reflecting cup. The optical coupling efficiency of the coupler reaches the maximum when $\theta_w$ is about $60^{\circ}$, which is significantly larger than $\theta_w=45^{\circ}$, the typical sidewall slanting angle of the reflecting cup adopted in most LED lamps. When the reflectivity of the reflecting cup is above 0.8, the optical coupling efficiency is larger than 80%, which is the typical efficiency to be achieved in LD-optical fiber coupler.