• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.135-151
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• 2003

This study compared the effect of Polaroid$^{(R)}$ lenses on binocular vision by assessing visual acuity, stereopsis, and visual evoked potential(VEP), through Polaroid$^{(R)}$, CR 39 and sunglass lenses. The spectral absorptions of Polaroid$^{(R)}$, CR 39 and sunglass lenses were measured using a spectrophotometer (Hitachi. U-3501). The VEP were recorded by the Nicolet system. Thirty normal adult(fifteen males, fifteen females, mean=21.9 years, range=20 to 25) subjects were recorded. The subjects were provided a history including : general health, family health, medication, genetics, allergy and disease. All had normal or corrected to normal acuity with no history of visual disorders. Corrected visual acuity, colour vision and stereopsis were recorded for each subject monocularly and binocularly. Each test was repealed through the sunglass, CR 39, and Polaroid$^{(R)}$ lenses. Subjects viewed the VEP stimulus both monocularly and binocularly through the test lenses while the VEPs were recorded. The results suggest that the binocular visual acuity and stereoacuity is better than with monocular vision. On other hand, the analysis of VEP suggests that the amplitude of wave is smaller when the monocular eye receives the VEP stimulus compared with that when the binocular eye is stimulated by the VEP target with the sunglass, CR 39, and Polaroid$^{(R)}$ lens. But, the latency period of each eye was similar to results between the dominant eye and the non-dominant eye by the CR 39, sunglass, and polaroid lens. In conclusion, this study indicates that the binocular vision appears to be better through the brown Polaroid$^{(R)}$ lens than through the other test lenses.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.131-136
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• 2014

In this paper we have implemented a temperature-insensitive polarimetric fiber strain sensor based on a Sagnac birefringence interferometer composed of a short polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM-PCF), a 3-dB fiber coupler, and polarization controllers. The PM-PCF used as a sensor head was 2 cm long, which is the shortest length for a sensing element compared to other polarimetric fiber strain sensors using a PM-PCF. The proposed sensor showed a strain sensitivity of ${\sim}0.87pm/{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ with a strain measurement range from 0 to $8m{\varepsilon}$. The temperature sensitivity was also investigated and measured as approximately $-12pm/^{\circ}C$, when ambient temperature changed from 30 to $100^{\circ}C$. This temperature sensitivity is about 82 times smaller than that of conventional polarization-maintaining fiber (approximately $-990pm/^{\circ}C$). In particular, from a practical perspective we have experimentally and theoretically confirmed that the wavelength selected for the indicator dip location does not make a significant difference in the strain sensitivity.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.85-91
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• 2003

Intracavity frequency doubling of a single-mode Nd:YAG laser by using a nonplanar ring cavity is demonstrated. The nonplanar ring cavity consists of a Brewster-angled Nd:YAG crystal placed in a magnetic field, a KTP crystal, and two spherical mirrors. In this design the Nd:YAG block acts as both a nonreciprocal polarization rotator and a partial polarizer, and the nonplanar portion of the ring cavity, which is formed by a relative twist angle between the Brewster-angled end surfaces of the Nd:YAG block, serves as a reciprocal polarization rotator. An eigenpolarization theory for the cavity configuration is presented and suitable values of the relative twist angle for unidirectional operation are estimated. A single-mode output power of 22 ㎽ at 532 nm and an optical to optical conversion efficiency of 1.8% are obtained with a 1.2 W diode laser at 809 nm.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2005

This paper presents the experimental results measured by photoelastic 4-step phase shifting method for the isochromatic fringe distribution in a TV glass panel. In the conventional photoelastic method, the isochromatic fringe orders are measured manually point by point. The 4-step phase shifting method uses four images obtained from a circular polariscope by rotating the analyzer to $0^{\circ},\;45^{\circ},\;90^{\circ}$, and $135^{\circ}$. In order to use the 4-step phase shifting method, the elements of a polariscope should be aligned to isoclinic direction at a point and/or along a line where isochromatic fringe distribution is measured. Experimental results obtained from the 4-step phase shifting method are compared with those measured by the Senarmont compensation method. Both results are well agreed. Then, isochromatic fringe distributions in the TV glass panel that is heat-treated before and after are compared. Maximum and minimum isochromatic fringe orders in the TV glass panel with before- and after-heat treatment are changed approximately two times.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.8
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• pp.253-263
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• 2013

Frequency Scanning Interferometry(FSI) system, one of the most promising optical surface measurement techniques, generally results in superior optical performance comparing with other 3-dimensional measuring methods as its hardware structure is fixed in operation and only the light frequency is scanned in a specific spectral band without vertical scanning of the target surface or the objective lens. FSI system collects a set of images of interference fringe by changing the frequency of light source. After that, it transforms intensity data of acquired image into frequency information, and calculates the height profile of target objects with the help of frequency analysis based on Fast Fourier Transform(FFT). However, it still suffers from optical noise on target surfaces and relatively long processing time due to the number of images acquired in frequency scanning phase. 1) a Polarization-based Frequency Scanning Interferometry(PFSI) is proposed for optical noise robustness. It consists of tunable laser for light source, ${\lambda}/4$ plate in front of reference mirror, ${\lambda}/4$ plate in front of target object, polarizing beam splitter, polarizer in front of image sensor, polarizer in front of the fiber coupled light source, ${\lambda}/2$ plate between PBS and polarizer of the light source. Using the proposed system, we can solve the problem of fringe image with low contrast by using polarization technique. Also, we can control light distribution of object beam and reference beam. 2) the signal processing acceleration method is proposed for PFSI, based on parallel processing architecture, which consists of parallel processing hardware and software such as Graphic Processing Unit(GPU) and Compute Unified Device Architecture(CUDA). As a result, the processing time reaches into tact time level of real-time processing. Finally, the proposed system is evaluated in terms of accuracy and processing speed through a series of experiment and the obtained results show the effectiveness of the proposed system and method.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.29-37
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• 2014

We have studied and demonstrated general, systematic error-correction methods for a dual rotating quarter-wave plate ellipsometer. To estimate and correct 5 systematic error sources (three offset angles and two unexpected retarder phase delays), we used 11 of the 25 Fourier components of the ellipsometry signal obtained in the absence of an optical sample. Using these 11 Fourier components, we can determine the errors from the 5 sources with nonlinear optimization methods. We found systematic errors ${\epsilon}_3$, ${\epsilon}_4$, ${\epsilon}_5$) are more sensitive to the inverted Mueller matrix than retarder phase delay errors (${\epsilon}_1$, ${\epsilon}_2$) because of their small condition numbers. To correct these systematic errors we have found that error of any variety must be less than 0.05 rad. Finally, we can use the magnitudes of these errors to correct the Mueller matrix of optical components. From our experimental ellipsometry signals, we can measure phase delay and the rotational angular position of its fast axis for a half-wave plate.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.47-58
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• 2010

최근의 코히어런트 광통선 기술의 발전에 힘있어, 차세대 대용량 광통신 분야에 있어서 기술혁신이 이루어지고 있다, 코히어런트 광통신 기술은 100Gbps급의 전송망에서 표준으로 채택되었을 뿐만 아니라, 그 이상의 속도를 가지는 광통신망을 실현할 유일한 대안으로 그 중요성이 더해 갈 것으로 전망된다. 본 고에서는 그 중에서 직교위상변조기, 편광변환기, 편광분리기, 광하이브리드 및 밸런스 광검출기 등의 핵심 광부품기술의 현황 및 전망에 대해서 기술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.98-99
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• 2000

코어 가까이 측면 연마한 광섬유를 이용하여 광 여파기, 편광기, 감쇠기등의 광통신 소자로 응용하고자 하는 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다.$^{[1]}$ 이 소자는 광섬유를 절단하지 않은 상태에서 코어 가까이 측면 연마하여 광학적 기능을 가진 소자를 제작함으로서 공정이 간단하고 삽입손실이 작은 특성을 가지며 기계적 신뢰성이 우수하다. 측면 연마된 광섬유를 이용한 광 증폭의 경우 광섬유의 소산장(evanescent field)과 펌핑광에 의해서 여기되는 활성 물질과의 상호작용에 의해서 광 이득을 얻는다. 소산장 결합에 의한 평면도파로에서의 광 증폭$^{[2]}$ 과 다중 모드 광섬유에서의 펄스 레이저 증폭, 단일 모드 광섬유에서 632.8nm He-Ne 레이저의 연속광원 증폭$^{[3]}$ 은 이미 보고되었다. 본 논문에서는 측면 연마된 다중 모드 광섬유의 연마된 부위에 색소가 첨가된 용액을 떨어뜨림으로서 발생하는 소산장 결합에 의해서 광섬유내를 진행하는 연속적인 He-Ne 레이저 광을 증폭시키는 방법을 제안하고자 한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.192-193
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• 2002

지금까지 측면이 코어 가까이 연마된 잔일모드 광섬유와 평면 도파로 사이의 광결합을 이용한 소자들이 많이 연구되고 있다. 이를 이용한 소자들로는 광필터, 광변조기, 광스위치, 굴절계, 편광기 등이 있으며 최근에는 파장분할다중화(WDM)에서 인접채널간의 채널분리를 위한 소자로서 빗살필터의 연구 또한 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 측면이 코어 가까이 연마된 단일모드 광섬유와 평면도파로 사이의 광결합을 이용한 빗살필터를 제작하였으며 열광학 효과를 이용하여 파장 가변 빗살 필터를 구현해 보았다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07c
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• pp.1823-1825
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• 2001

고리형 반도체-광섬유 레이저 공진기 안에 높은 복굴절률을 가지고 있는 편광 유지 광섬유 루프 거울을 삽입하여 새로운 구조의 다파장 발진 시스템을 제안하고 구현하였다. 이득 매질인 반도체 광 증폭기의 특성으로 인해 실온에서 파장 간격이 1 nm 이내인 22 개의 파장의 빛을 발진시킬 수 있었다.