• Journal of the KSME
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.43-47
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• 2015

이 글에서는 쌍안정 진동형 에너지 하베스터에 대한 필요성과 유용성 및 이의 동적 특성을 소개하고, 쌍안정 특성을 이용하여 넓은 영역의 주파수 성분에 대해 동조 가능하도록 하는 주파수 광대역화 기술에 대해 설명하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.218-222
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• 1997

We fabricated a bistable TN LCD with 180$^{\circ}$ twist angle and confirmed that it has a fast switching response time and a high contrast ratio. We also investigated the effects of the amplitude and width of the reset and selection pulses on a bistable TN LC cell and the conditions of the bistability and the memory time. The range of d/p values showing the bistability is determinded for the pretilt angle according to the rubbing depth.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.279-282
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• 1999

We designed and fabricated a single polarizer mode bistable twisted nematic liquid crystal display by employing a wide-band λ/4 retardation film to enhance the dark state property. We theoretically and experimentally confirmed the necessity of a wide- band λ/4 retardation film in a single polarizer mode. We obtained brighter image than previous reflective BTN LCDs.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.117-122
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• 1998

We modeled the dynamic switching behavior of a bistable twisted-nematic liquid crystal cell by employing the Berreman's backflow model. Although viscosity paramenters of the liquid crystal material are not known, numerically calculated optical switching characteristics shows good agreement with experimental results. With this model we also have shown that bistable switching can be observed in a $180^{\circ}$ twisted cell only when two alignment layers are rubbed in the opposite direction.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.343-354
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• 2020

Bi-stable mechanism is a system that has two different stable equilibrium positions within its range of motion. It has an ability to stay in two different positions without external power input and despite small disturbances. One of the most bi-stable applied mechanism is a morphing system, such as deployable structures, switch systems, and robot grippers. However, due to the complexity of mechanism and limitation of structure configuration, it is difficult to apply on a morphing system with rotating link mechanism. In this paper, an implementation method of rotational bi-stable mechanism using cylindrical permanent magnets is proposed. The magnetic field and the magnetic force were calculated from electromagnet model of the cylindrical permanent magnet. Based on the model, the force relation between two links containing the cylindrical permanent magnets was estimated. An array of cylindrical permanent magnets was selected for symmetric bi-stability, and an experiment on the link structure with the proposed bi-stable mechanism was performed to investigate the stability against a external torque.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.348-352
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• 1998

By employing the Berreman's backflow model, we investigated the effect of liquid crystal parameters on the optical switching characteristics of a bistable twisted-nematic liquid crystal cell. We found that d/p is the most important parameter for high speed operation.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.130-134
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• 2000

In this paper, the configuration of a reflectIve bistable tWIsted nematic (BTN) liquid crystal cell is optmnzed for high contrast and high brightness operation. We searched for the optimum opncal parameters of a reflective BTN cell by calculating its optical performances at 3 wavelengths; red, green, and blue. By studying the effect of each optical parameter on the optical performances, we found that the angle of !he polmlzer IS more important than any other opnea! parmlleters iu the deSIgn of a reflective BTN cell. We fablicated a reflective BTN cell with a wide-band retardation Him, whose measmed contrast ratio is 10.6: 1. .6: 1.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 1994

We present a structure of a reflective Fabry-Perot etalon with nonlinear Kerr material (Kerr FP etalon), and report the polarization conversion and the optical bistability of polarization conversion. A device proposed has high polarization conversion ratio, 100% or so, and good/broad optical bistablity for input pump intensity.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.39 no.8
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• pp.1-11
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• 2002

A multi-section DFB-LD shows optical bistability subject to externally injected light signal, then it has potential applications such as wavelength conversion and optical logic gates. In this paper, we have studied the optical bistability in multi-section DFB-LD using split-step time-domain model. It is confirmed that the multi-section DFB-LD, which is excited inhomogeneously, shows bistability. The optical bistable characteristics are investigated when input light is injected into a absorptive region. Simulation results show that multi-section DFB-LD works as a flip-flop depending on the set-reset optical pulse which has a few ns in switching time and a few pj in switching energy, so that it can act as a optical logic device. Besides, if we change the carrier lifetime and the differential gain coefficient, it is expected that the response time of optical output signal can be reduced.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.23-29
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• 2011

Bistable chiral splay nematic liquid crystal display (BCSN LCD) is a memory type liquid crystal display using splay and $-\pi$ twist states as two stable states. When the cell thickness to pitch (d/p) ratio is 0.25, splay and $-\pi$ twist states have permanent memory time. However, when the transition from $-\pi$ twist state to splay state is caused by a fringe field, pixel regions show that the splay state is not perfect, but rather includes a contribution from the $-\pi$ twist state. In this paper, we propose a reflective BCSN LCD using $-\pi$ twist state in which the two stable states do not coexist. The fabricated reflective BCSN LC cell shows a high contrast ratio of over 30:1 and response times of 950 ms and 450 ms in vertical and fringe field switching, respectively. The proposed cell also shows wide viewing angle characteristics of $180^{\circ}$ in left- and right directions.