• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.262-272
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• 2014

Using an ellipsometer with dual rotating quarter-wave plates, we have analyzed the relationship between Fourier coefficients and Mueller matrices in the cases of an error-free optical system and of five systematic errors (alignment errors and retardation errors in the quarter-wave plates, and alignment error in the analyzer). In the case with five systematic errors, simulation results show that retardation errors cause more error in the diagonal elements of the Mueller matrix than do alignment errors. We have found that errors in the Mueller matrix caused by initial misalignment of the dual quarter-wave plates were the same. We have chosen the rotation rates of two quarter-wave plates such that the rotational frequencies ${\omega}_1$ and ${\omega}_2$ differ by a factor of 5, i.e. ${\omega}_2=5{\omega}_1$. The simulation results show 0.18% relative error in the diagonal elements ($m_{22}$ and $m_{33}$) and 200% relative error in the off-diagonal elements ($m_{23}$ and $m_{32}$), when we compare errors caused by misalignment of the analyzer to those caused by initial misalignment of the quarter-wave plates. We can use these results in measuring accurate Mueller matrices of optical materials.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.344-350
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• 2012

New pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) for polarizer film were prepared by electron beam (e-beam) radiation to acrylic copolymers, and their adhesive properties were investigated. The acrylic copolymers were synthesized by free radical polymerization of $n$-butylacrylate (BA), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), and acrylic acid (AA). The acrylic copolymers were coated on PET release films to a thickness of 25 ${\mu}m$, laminated to polarizer films, and then radiated with e-beam at room temperature. Gel fractions of all the acrylic copolymers after e-beam radiation at 50 kGy were higher than 93%, and their crosslinking densities were increased with increasing the content of HEMA units. PSA prepared by e-beam radiation of acrylic copolymer synthesized with a feed ratio of BA/HEMA/AA = 89.5/10/0.5 (w/w/w) at a dose of 50 kGy exhibited the best adhesion performances in terms of peel strength, creep resistance, durability and reliability, and light leakage. It is expected that the preparation method of PSAs via e-beam irradiation will improve the producibility and workability of polarizer film for liquid crystal display.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.1776-1782
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• 2010

The interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes (FOGs) are well known as sensors of rotation, which are based on Sagnac effect, and have been under development for a number of years to meet a wide range of performance requirements. This paper describes the development of open-loop FOG and digital signal processing techniques implemented on FPGA. Our primary goal was to obtain intermediate accuracy (pointing grade) with a good bias stability (0.22deg) and scale factor stability, extremely low angle random walk (0.07deg) and significant cost savings by using a single mode fiber. A secondary goal is to design all digital FOG signal processing algorithms with which the SNR at the digital demodulator output is enhanced substantially due to processing gain. The Cascaded integrator bomb(CIC) type of decimation filter only requires adders and shift registers, low cost processors which has low computing power still can used in this all digital FOG processor.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.89-101
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• 2007

This paper investigates the effects of the fusion of multifrequency (C and L bands) polarimetric SAR data in land-cover classification. NASA JPL AIRSAR C and L bands data were used to supervised classification in an agricultural area to simulate the integration of ALOS PALSAR and Radarsat-2 SAR data to be available. Several scattering features derived from target decomposition based on eigen value/vector analysis were used as input for a support vector machines classifier and then the posteriori probabilities for each frequency SAR data were integrated by applying a probabilistic ratio model as a decision level fusion methodology. From the case study results, L band data had the proper amount of penetration power and showed better classification accuracy improvement (about 22%) over C band data which did not have enough penetration. When all frequency data were fused for the classification, a significant improvement of about 10% in overall classification accuracy was achieved thanks to an increase of discrimination capability for each class, compared with the case of L band Shh data.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.8
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• pp.441-448
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• 2017

A method for measuring the concentration of surfactant in water was developed. In this technique, microbubbles were used as light scatterers. The polarization change of light scattered by microbubbles was analyzed by Mueller matrix analysis. $M_{11}$, one of the Mueller matrix elements, was found to be a key parameter inferring the surfactant concentration within the concentration range of 0 ppm to 60 ppm. The best results for this measurement were obtained when the scattering angle was $150^{\circ}$ and the extinction ratio was 56.2. This experimental result shows that the EPLS can be effectively used as a real time inspection method for water quality monitoring in lakes or rivers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.101.2-101.2
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• 2016

육각형 구조의 탄소원자가 이차원으로 배열된 그래핀은 고유의 전기적, 광학적 특성으로 인하여 새로운 전기소자, 광학소자 및 광전소자를 구성하는 유망한 물질로써 많은 주목을 받고 있다. 특히 넓은 파장 대역에서의 일정한 광 흡수 특성, 높은 비선형 광학 계수 및 수백 펨토초의 매우 빠른 비선형 응답시간으로 인하여 최근 그래핀을 기반으로 하는 광대역 광 편광소자, 비선형 광 신호 발생기, 광 포화 흡수체 및 광 제한기 (optical limiter) 등이 보고되고 있다. 본 발표에서는 그래핀 등 저차원 물질의 비선형 포토닉스 응용에 관한 최근 연구에 관하여 살펴보고자 한다. 특히 그래핀 소자의 전기적 조절을 통한 극초단 레이저 펄스의 발생 및 제어 특성을 살펴보고 나아가 높은 효율을 가지는 도파로 기반 그래핀 광전소자 구현 가능성 및 그 한계에 관해 살펴보고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.241-245
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• 2012

Measurements of the optical activity become very important issues in fields related to polymers, optical communications, astronomy, physics and many more. Hence it need to introduce this subject in our regular curriculum. In this experiment, an inexpensive, reliable, motorized polarimeter system which is suitable for undergraduate courses is constructed with PASCO's well-known Science Workshop 750 and a rotational motion sensor and light sensor, and the system is presented along with its experimental formulas. After responsivity of this system was checked by a half wave plate, and some repetitive experiments with 30% sucrose solution at 543.8 nm were performed. Comparing the experimental result with two calculated values from CRC data[1] showed that the specific rotation of the sucrose sample could be strongly suggested to be around +76 deg.cc/g.dm and it was an amply acceptable result for most undergraduate level courses.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.240-240
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• 2016

반도체 양자점은 불연속적인 에너지준위의 특성 때문에 고전적인 빛과는 다른 단일광자를 방출하여 양자정보 처리과정에 기본 요소로써 사용 될 수 있다. III-Nitride (III-N) 반도체 물질은 III족 원소의 구성비를 조절하였을 때 밴드갭 에너지차이가 크므로 깊은 양자 우물을 만들 수 있으며 최근에는 기존에 연구되던 III-Arsenide 기반의 반도체 양자점과 다르게 상온 (300 K) 동작 가능한 단일광자 방출원이 개발되었다.[1] 또한 약한 split-off 에너지 때문에 양자점 모양에 작은 비대칭성만 존재해도 큰 선형편광도를 가질 수 있다. 하지만 III-N 반도체 양자점의 이러한 특성에도 불구하고 이종기판과의 격자상수 불일치에 따른 많은 threading dislocation, 압전효과에 의한 큰 내부전기장에 의해 발광 효율이 떨어지는 등의 문제가 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 반도체 양자점을 3차원 구조체와 결합하여 threading dislocation 및 내부전기장을 줄이는 연구들이 진행되고 있다.[2] 본 연구에서는 선택적 영역 성장 방식을 통해 마이크로미터 크기를 가지는 피라미드 형태의 3차원 구조체를 이용, 피라미드의 꼭지점에 형성된 InGaN/GaN 양자점의 광학적 특성에 대해 분석하였다. 저온(9 K)에서 마이크로 photoluminescence 측정을 통해 양자점의 발광파장이 피라미드의 옆면의 파장과는 다름을 확인하였다. 여기광의 세기에 따른 양자점의 발광 세기 측정하여 여기광에 선형 비례함을 보이고, 양자점의 편광도를 측정하여 선형 편광임을 확인하였다. 마지막으로, 광량에 대해 시간에 따른 상관관계를 측정함으로써 양자점이 양자 발광체의 특성을 보이는 지 확인하였다.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.477-487
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• 2000

A series of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA)/poly($\beta$-hydroxynonanoate) (PHN) blend were prepared to study the miscibility and the crystallization behaviors. The thermal behaviors and characterization of PLLA/PHN blends Were studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), XRD and polarizing optical microscopy (POM). The PLLA and PHN are partially miscible in amorphous region. The crystallinity of PLLA increased as the content of PHN increased, and T$_{g}$, T$_{c}$, and T$_{m}$ of PLLA shift as the content of PHN increased. Moreover, the number of PLLA spherulite increased as the content of PHN increased in the POM experiment. Thus, PHN acted as a nucleating agent to PLLA.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.386-390
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• 1999

Erasable polarization holographic grating was recorded with two-wave mixing in PCN which was side-chain liquid crystalline polymalonic esters containing two symmetrical 4-cyanoazobenzene as photoresponsive groups. The diffraction efficiency of recorded grating was measured and the characteristics of recording, decay in a dark room and erasing by circularly polarized light were investigated. As the results, birefringence, $\Delta$n of PCN was measured $6.5{\times}10^{-2}$, which was 0~100 times higher than those of crystals such as Fe:$LiNbO_3$, Ce:$BaTiO_3$ crystals. Dark decay rates was $4.3{\times}10^{-5}$ %/hour, which showed the possibility of application as data storage media.