• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07c
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• pp.1844-1846
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• 2001

광섬유는 저손실, 광대역의 전송특성을 가지며 세경(細徑), 경량등 많은 장점을 가지고 있지만 동케이블과 같이 파단점, 불연속점등의 장해점 탐색에 대한 어려움이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 OTDR(Optical Time Domain Reflectometer)은 고감도, 고정도의 광센싱 기술, 극초단 광펄스 레이다 기술, 광다중화 센서 네트웍기술, 실시간 광신호처리 기술 등 정밀 광계측 및 신호처리기술을 적용하여 설치된 광섬유의 손실 정도를 측정하는 시스템으로 광섬유에 입사된 광의 산란 가운데 Rayleigh 산란에 의해서 생기는 후방산란광을 관측하여 광파이버의 파단점 탐색 및 손실측정이 가능하다. 최근 대부분의 유선통신망은 광섬유를 이용한 광통신방식으로 이루어지고 있으며 이러한 광섬유의 고장점을 찾기 위한 방법은 OTDR방식이 유일하다고 할 수 있다. 본 논문은 Rayleigh 후방산란에 의한 광학적 특성을 규명하고 이러한 특성을 이용하여 이용한 광섬유 유지보수용 계측시스템을 설계, 제작하고 실험한 결과에 대하여 설명하고 고찰하였다. 측정거리를 40Km까지 측정하도록 하였으며, 모니터상에서의 거리 분해능은 5m정도를 가지며 1310nm의 파장을 사용하였다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.54-59
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• 2008

We report on the measurements of absorption spectra from acetylene ($^{12}C_2H_2$) and hydrogen cyanide ($H^{13}C^{14}N$) for wavelength reference in the C-band (conventional band) region using a supercontinuum optical source generated from a mode-locked $Cr^{4+}$:YAG laser. The center wavelength of the mode-locked $Cr^{4+}$:YAG laser was 1510 nm and the pulse duration was 75 fs at 100 MHz repetition rate. The supercontinuum source achieved a flatness of ${\pm}5dB$ over a wavelength range of more than 400 nm, using a 20 m long photonic crystal fiber. The measured absorption spectra from acetylene ($^{12}C_2H_2$) and hydrogen cyanide ($H^{13}C^{14}N$) had more than 50 lines and were analyzed for wavelength standardization.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.535-541
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• 2005

We report on the development of a passively mode-locked near-infrared femtosecond laser with Cr:YAG crystal that operates near room temperature. The laser wavelength could easily be tuned by using only the internal prism pair over 110 nm from 1400 nm to 1510 nm in cw and over about 30 nm in mode-locked operation, respectively Maximum cw output powers of 810 mW were obtained with $1.5 \%$ output coupler for absorbed pump powers of 7.6 W. For compensation of the internal group velocity dispersion, an IR graded prism pair was used. The Cr:YAG laser delivered nearly Fourier-transform limited pulses with a pulse duration as short as 64 fs at 100 MHz repetition rate. In the mode-locked regime, the laser was operating at 1510 nm with a spectral bandwidth of 44 nm. In order to avoid unstable mode-locking and power instabilities, self-built tubes were inserted into the beam path in the resonator and purged with N2 gas. Finally, output powers of the Cr:YAG laser were optimized to 250 mW fer long time stable mode-locked operation.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.300-307
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• 2022

Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (TR-SFX) is a powerful technique for determining temporal variations in the structural properties of biomacromolecules on ultra-short time scales without causing structure damage by employing femtosecond X-ray laser pulses generated by an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL). The mixing rate of reactants and biomolecule samples, as well as the hit rate between crystal samples and x-ray pulses, are critical factors determining TR-SFX performance, such as accurate image acquisition and efficient sample consumption. We here develop two distinct sample delivery systems that enable ultra-fast mixing and on-demand droplet injecting via pneumatic application with a square pulse signal. The first strategy relies on inertial mixing, which is caused by the high-speed collision and subsequent coalescence of droplets ejected through a double nozzle, while the second relies on on-demand pneumatic jetting embedded with a 3D-printed micromixer. First, the colliding behaviors of the droplets ejected through the double nozzle, as well as the inertial mixing within the coalesced droplets, are investigated experimentally and numerically. The mixing performance of the pneumatic jetting system with an integrated micromixer is then evaluated by using similar approaches. The sample delivery system devised in this work is very valuable for three-dimensional biomolecular structure analysis, which is critical for elucidating the mechanisms by which certain proteins cause disease, as well as searching for antibody drugs and new drug candidates.