• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.218-222
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• 2020

In this paper, we have experimentally demonstrated a 2-kW-class spectrally-beam-combined laser with high beam quality, using narrow-linewidth ytterbium-doped polarization-maintaining fiber amplifiers. Five fiber amplifiers with different center wavelengths were implemented for the spectrally-beam-combined laser. The center wavelengths of the five amplifiers were 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, and 1066 nm, respectively. A phase-modulated laser diode was used as a seed source for each amplifier. The seed sources were modulated by filtered pseudorandom-bit-sequence (PRBS) signals 5 GHz in linewidth. The polarization-maintaining large-mode-area fiber with a core size of 30 ㎛ was used as a delivery fiber to mitigate the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effect. The laser beams from five amplifiers were spectrally combined by a multilayer dielectric diffraction grating. The maximum output power and beam quality M² of the combined laser were measured to be 2.3 kW and 1.74, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.107-114
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• 2024

In this study, the feasibility of using the covariance-matrix-adaptation-evolution-strategy (CMA-ES) algorithm in a multichannel coherent-beam-combining (CBC) system was experimentally verified. We constructed a multichannel CBC system utilizing a spatial light modulator (SLM) as a multichannel phase-modulator array, along with a coherent light source at 635 nm, implemented the stochastic-parallel-gradient-descent (SPGD) and CMA-ES algorithms on it, and compared their performances. In particular, we evaluated the characteristics of the CMA-ES and SPGD algorithms in the CBC system in both 16-channel rectangular and 19-channel honeycomb formats. The results of the evaluation showed that the performances of the two algorithms were similar on average, under the given conditions; However, it was verified that under the given conditions the CMA-ES algorithm was able to operate with more stable performance than the SPGD algorithm, as the former had less operational variation with the initial phase setting than the latter. It is emphasized that this study is the first proof-of-principle demonstration of the CMA-ES phase-control algorithm in a multichannel CBC system, to the best of our knowledge, and is expected to be useful for future experimental studies of the effects of additional channel-number increments, or external-phase-noise effects, in multichannel CBC systems based on the CMA-ES phase-control algorithm.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.25-35
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• 1997

현재, 표면개질에 주로 많이 사용되는 레이저는 세 종류로서, C $O_{2}$$laser(파장길이:10.6.\mum),$ Nd:YAG(neodymium-doped yettrium aluminum garnet) $laser(파장길이:1.06.\mum)$ 및 excimer laser(157~350nm) 등이다. 이 외에도 초기에는 ruby레이저빔이 사용되기도 하였으나, 현재는 많이 사용되고 있지 않다. 레이저 빔에 의한 표면개질에는 몇가지 장점이 있는데, 이러한 장점은 주로 급속가열과 급속냉각 효과에 기인하는 것이다. 즉, 1) 급냉효과에 의한 미세한 결정입자 형성, 2) 불안정상 (metastable phase) 또는 비정질 상 생성, 3) 열역학적 용해도 보다 높은 용해도. 4) 편석이 없는 균질한 미세조직, 5) 극히 낮은 기공도, 6) 좁은 열영향 부위, 7) 표면층과 모재 사이의 높은 결합력 등이다. 이 외에도 공정상의 장.단점들이 Ref.5, 6에 잘 요약 정리되어 있다. 지금까지 국내에서 레이저 표면개질에 대한 조사가 몇몇 있었으나, 본 조사에서는 보통 많이 다루어지지 않은 부분, 즉 충격경화 및 표면제어에 비중을 두었으며, 비용융 부분(I)과 용융부분(II)을 분리하여 정리하였다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.169-175
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• 2020

We design a polarization-independent dielectric multilayer thin-film diffraction grating for a spectral-beam-combining (SBC) system with a simple grating structure and low aspect ratio. To maintain the high quality of the SBC beam, we propose a multilayer mirror structure in which the wavefront distortion due to stress accumulation is minimized. Moreover, to prevent light absorption from contamination, an optimized design to minimize the grating thickness was performed. The optimally designed diffraction grating has 99.36% diffraction efficiency for -1st-order polarization-independent light, for incidence at the Littrow angle and 1055-nm wavelength. It is confirmed that the designed diffraction grating has sufficient process margin to secure a polarization-independent diffraction efficiency of 96% or greater.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.186-186
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• 2011

태양전지의 효율을 증가시키기 위해서는 표면에서의 Fresnel 반사를 줄여 입사된 빛이 흡수층까지 잘 도달되도록 해야 한다. 그러나 결정질 실리콘의 경우, 굴절률이 높아 32% 이상의 표면반사율을 보이고 있어, 실리콘 태양전지 표면에 단일 또는 다중 박막의 무반사 코팅을 통해 반사율을 낮추는 방법이 널리 사용 되어 오고 있었다. 하지만, 이와 같은 코팅 방법은 열적팽창 불일치, 물질 선택의 어려움뿐만 아니라 낮은 반사율을 포함하는 파장 및 빛의 입사각 영역의 제한 등 여러 문제점을 지니고 있다. 이러한 문제점을 보완하기 위해, 표면에 서브파장의 주기를 갖는 나노구조(subwavelength structure, SWS)의 형성에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 습식 식각보다 건식 식각을 이용한 SWS 제작 방법이 표면 profile을 제어하기 용이하나 패턴 형성을 위해 식각 마스크가 필요하다. 최근, 복잡하고 고가의 전자빔 또는 나노임프린트를 이용한 패턴 형성보다, 간단/저렴하며 대면적 제작이 용이한 금속 나노입자 마스크를 이용한 SWS의 제작에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 또한 SWS의 무반사 특성은 표면 profile에 따라 크게 영향을 받는다. 따라서 본 실험에서는 열적 응집현상에 의해 형성되는 self-assembled Pt 나노입자 식각 마스크 및 $SiCl_4$가스를 사용한 유도결합 플라즈마(inductively coupled plasma, ICP) 장비를 이용하여 무반사 실리콘 SWS를 제작하였으며, SWS 표면 profile에 따른 구조적 및 무반사 특성을 조사하기 위해 다양한 공정조건을 변화시켰다. 실리콘 기판 위의 Pt 박막은 전자빔 증착(e-beaml evaporation)법을 사용하였고, 급속 열처리(RTA)를 통해 Pt 나노입자의 식각 마스크를 형성시켰다. Pt 나노입자들의 패턴 및 제작된 무반사 실리콘 SWS의 식각 profile은 scanning electron microscope를 사용하여 관찰하였으며, UV-VIR-NIR spectrophotometer를 사용하여 350~1050 nm 파장 영역에서의 반사율을 측정하였다. ICP 식각 조건을 변화시켜 5% 이하의 낮은 반사율을 갖는 높이가 높고 쐐기 형태의 실리콘 SWS를 도출하였다.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.321-327
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• 2019

Spectral Beam Combining (SBC) is used for a high-power fiber laser in order to overcome the power limitation of single fiber laser. In SBC, several laser bwams with different wavelengths are combined to obtain a single-aperture beam by diffraction grating. The combining efficiency is dependent on a linewidth, beam quality and specific wavelength of each beam among others. In this paper, we consider the method of a wavelength monitoring and a feedback control of laser diodes used as seeds of laser beams to obtain optimum combining conditions. In order to measure the wavelengths of multi-beam, we use the high resolution camera and diffraction grating with 1,800l/mm. The experiment results show the possibility of feedback control of a current and temperature of multi-seed laser diodes to obtain optimum wavelengths for SBC.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.287-294
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• 2005

In this paper, an optical true time-delay (TTD) for two-dimensional (2-D) phased array antennas (PAAs), composed of a multi-wavelength optical source and a fiber optic delay line matrix consisting of $2\times2$ optical switches with optical fiber connected between cross ports, has been proposed. A 2-bit $\times4-bit$ optical TTD for 10-GHz 2-D PAAs has been implemented by cascading a wavelength dependent TTD (WD-TTD) and a wavelength independent TTD (WI-TTD). The unit time delay for WD-TTD and WI-TTD have been chosen as ${\Delta}T=12ps$ and $\Delta\tau=6ps$, respectively. Time delay have been measured at all radiation angles. The maximum delay error for WD-TTD was measured to be 3 ps due to jitter incurred from gain switching. For the case of WI-TTD, error was within ${\pm}\;1\;ps$. The proposed optical TTD for a 2-D PAA has the following advantages: 1) higher gain compared to one-dimensional linear PAAs, 2) stabilization of optical power and wavelength by using a multi-wavelength optical source, and 3) fast beam scan and simple operation due to electronic control of the $2\times2$ optical switches matrix on a column-by-column basis.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.22-27
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• 2022

We fabricate a polarization-independent dielectric multilayer thin-film diffraction grating for a spectral-beam-combining (SBC) system with a simple grating structure and low aspect ratio. Due to the refractive index and thickness error of the manufactured thin films, the diffraction efficiency of the fabricated diffraction grating was lower than that of the design. The causes of the errors were analyzed, and it was confirmed through simulation that diffraction efficiency could be compensated through an additional coating on the manufactured diffraction grating. As a result of sputtering an additional Ta₂O₅ layer on a fabricated diffraction grating, the diffraction efficiency was corrected and a maximum 91.7% of polarization-independent diffraction efficiency was obtained.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.384-391
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• 2005

A polymer optical microring resonator, which is laterally coupled to a straight bus waveguide, has been proposed and demonstrated using a nanoimprint technique. The propagation loss of the ring waveguide and the optical power coupling between the ring and bus waveguides was calculated by using a beam propagation method, then the dependence of the device performance on them was investigated using a transfer matrix method. We have especially introduced an imprint stamp incorporating a smoothing buffer layer made of a silicon nitride thin film. This layer played an efficient role in improving the sidewall roughness of the waveguide pattern engraved on the stamp and thus reducing the scattering loss. As a result the overall Q factor of the resonator was greatly increased. Also it reduced the gap between the ring and bus waveguides effectively to enhance the coupling between them, without relying on the direct writing method based on an e-beam writer. As for the achieved device performance at the wavelength of 1550 nm, the quality factor, the extinction ratio, and the free spectral range were ~103800, ~11 dB, and 1.16 m, respectively.