• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.467-472
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• 2002

In this paper, we propose a polarization-insensitive temperature sensor using a thermo-optic effect of the upper and (or) lower cladding of a planar waveguide in contact with a side-polished fiber. A microscope cover glass with thickness of a 170 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ is adopted as an overlay waveguide because this waveguide opposes sudden temperature change and ensures polarization-insensitive responses. The measured polarization-dependence loss is less than 0.3 dB. The temperature can be detected as a result of the shift in coupling wavelength of the sensor. We investigate the shift in coupling wavelength as a function of the temperature variation with respect to the different thermo-optic coefficients of lower and upper claddings. We also show that the temperature sensitivity of the device can be easily controlled by the thermo-optic coefficients of lower and upper claddings of the overlay waveguide.

• 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㏈.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.57-63
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• 2000

A multi-branch thermo-optic switch has a problem that driving powers in the switching states are different from each other; the power consumption for the inner output port is more than twice as large as that form the outer output port. In this pater, to solve this problem unequal width heaters and the waveguide structure with a thin overcladding layer are proposed in a four-branch thermo-optic switch. The proposed structure is fabricated with the polymer materials with high index difference, Teflon and polyimides. The fabricated device was measured at the wavelength of 1550 nm. The measured characteristics exhibit the smaller difference in the power consumption between the switching states and the driving power les than the previous four-branch thermo-optic switch with equal width heaters. As for the device performance, the crosstalk is better than - 16 dB at about 310 ~ 390 mW, the insertion loss is 4.7 dB, and the switching time is less than 1 ms.

• Proceedings of the Korean Ceranic Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.65.1-65
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.392-393
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.307-308
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• 2008

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.28-36
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• 1976

Zn 산화물을 산과 공기 그리고 헬륨 각각의 분위기에서 열처리 한 후 그 각각에 대한 열광성을 $83^{\circ}~300^{\circ}K$의 온도 범위에서 연구하였다. Zn 산화물의 열광성은 90$0^{\circ}C$ 이상의 온도에서는 산소의 부분압에 의존하며 그 최대강도는 1/T에 비례하였다. 이 성질을 유발한다고 믿어지고 있는 비화학양론적인 결함으 주 요인은 2개의 전자를 trap 하는 산호 이온의 vacancy라고 믿어지고 있다. Trap된 전자의 활성화에너지는 0.13ev였다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.131-137
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• 2008

A silicon Fabry-Perot tunable thermo-optic filter for WDM using the thin film silicon coating is proposed and experimented. The filter is implemented by using the CMP process and polishing both sides of the commercial silicon wafer with normal thickness of 100${\mu}m{\pm}$1%. The filter also has 2-layer or 3-layer dielectrics thin film coating mirror which are alternated ${\lambda}$/4 layers of $SiO_2$($n_{low}$=1.44) and a-Si($n_{high}$=3.48) for the central wavelength of 1550nm by RF sputtering. The experiment shows that FSR is 3.61nm and FWHM is 0.56nm and the finesse is 6.4 for 2-layer mirror with the reflection of 61%, and that FSR is 3.36nm and FWHM is 0.13nm and the finesse is 25.5 for 3-layer mirror with the reflection of 89%. According to thermo-optic effect, the transmitted central wavelength of 1549.73nm at $23^{\circ}C$ is shifted to 1550.91nm at $30^{\circ}C$ and 1553.46nm at $60^{\circ}C$ for 2-layer mirror, and the transmitted central wavelength of 1549.83nm at $23^{\circ}C$ is shifted to 1550.92nm at $30^{\circ}C$ and 1553.07nm at $60^{\circ}C$ for 3-layer mirror.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.8-9
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• 2002

고분자 광도파로소자 기술은 광통신에 사용되는 광도파로소자들을 고분자를 이용하여 구현하는 기술로써, 실리카에 비하여 제조장비가 간소하기 때문에 제조단가를 줄일 수 있으며, 열광학효과가 10배정도 크기 때문에 동작전력을 1/10 이하로 줄일 수 있고, 소자제작공정이 40$0^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 이루어지기 때문에 다른 소자와의 집적이 유리한 점 등 다양한 장점이 있다. 또한 실리카와 달리 고분자는 실리콘뿐만 아니라 다양한 고분자 기판을 사용할 수 있기 때문에 고분자 기판의 열팽창계수와 도파로물질의 열광학계수를 잘 조합하면 온도의 변화에 따른 파장변화와 편광의존성을 근본적으로 해결할 수 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.166-167
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• 2003

실리콘 기판 위에 제작되는 실리카 물질은 낮은 가격, 파이버와의 높은 결합 효율 그리고 고집적화의 장점으로 PLC(Planar Light Circuit)에 사용되고 있다. PLC 광소자 중에서 열 광학 스위치(Thermo-optic switch)는, NⅹN 매트릭스 스위치와 Add／drop multiplexer 등 비교적 낮은 속도를 갖는 광 신호 처리를 위해 중요한 소자이다. 기존의 열 광학 스위치의 경우, 방향성 결합기를 사용한 Mach-Zehnder 구조로써, 위상 제어단에서 두 도파로 간의 광 전력 교환을 막기 위해 방향성 결합기의 양쪽 끝단에에 굽은 도파로를 이용한다. (중략)