• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.617-620
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• 1999

In this study, the polarization e(fecal and the birefringence effect of amorphous germanium (a-Ge) thin films were investigated by using linearly polarized He-Ne laser beam. The a-7e thin films were deposited on the quarts substrate by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) and thermal vacuum evaporation In order to obtain the optimum grating arrays, inorganci resists such as Si$_3$N$_4$ and a-Se$_{75}$ Ge$_{25}$ , were prepared with the optimized thickness by Monte Carlo (MC) simulation. As the results of MC simulation, the thickness ofa-Se$_{75}$ Ge$_{25}$ resist was determined with Z$_{min}$ of 360$\AA$ . The resists were exposed to Ga$^{+}$-FIB with accelerating energies of 50 keV, developed by wet etching, and a-Ge thin film was etched by reactive ion-etching (RIE). Finally, we were obtained grating arrays which grating width and linewidth are 0.8${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, respectively and we studied the polarization and birefringence effect in transmission grating array made of high refractive amorphous material, and the applicability as waveplates and polarizers in optical device.e.e.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.31-39
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• 1991

The polarization properties of low birefringent optical fiber due to intrinsie birefringence and magnetooptic effects are theoretically analyzed and experimented. The low birefringent fiber is fo¬und to have more excellent polarization maintaining properties than normal single mode optical fiber. As the experimental results, the polarizability of low birefringent optical fiber is measured over 0.818. The variation of output polarization angle with input polarization angle is measured within $9^{\circ}$. Imple¬mented magnetic field measuring system using low birefringent optical fiber can linearly measure the magnetic field strength up to lOkAT generated by solenoid. The maximum error is 1.95% in the magnetic field strength of 4kAT.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.104-105
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• 2000

다이오드 레이저로 펌핑되는 Nd:YAG 매질에 형성된 열 복굴절은 레이저 출력과 빔질의 저하를 초래한다. 선편광된 레이저 출력을 얻기 위해서는 주로 공진기 내에 선형 편광자를 삽입하게 되는데, 레이저 매질에 형성된 열 복굴절에 의한 왜곡 편광된 레이저 빔이 편광자에 의해 반사되어 공진기 손실을 초래한다. 편광 왜곡에 의한 레이저 빔의 손실을 줄이거나 이중 초점을 제거하기 위해 주로 사용되어지는 광 소자는 Faraday 회전자, λ/4 판, 석영 회전자 등이 사용되어진다.$^{(1-5)}$ 90$^{\circ}$ 석영 회전자와 Faraday 회전자는 공진기 내에 두 개의 동일한 구조를 갖는 레이저를 이용할 경우 사용되고 λ/4 판 과 45$^{\circ}$ Faraday 회전자는 주로 단일 레이저 헤드의 복굴절 보상을 위해 사용되어진다. 45$^{\circ}$ Faraday 회전자는 이론적으로 완벽히 열복굴절에 의한 편광 왜곡을 보상한다. 그러나, 열복굴절을 완벽히 보상하기 위해서는 레이저 빔이 항상 레이저 매질의 같은 지점을 통과해야 한다. 실제적으로 레이저 매질에서는 열에 의한 열 렌즈 효과가 있기 때문에 레이저 빔이 항상 같은 지점을 통과하지 않게 된다. 이런 문제를 해결하기 위해 공진기 내에 열 렌즈 효과를 보상하기 위한 렌즈를 삽입하거나 레이저 헤드를 공진기 거울 가까이 설치하여야 한다. Faraday 회전자는 길이가 길기 때문에 레이저 헤드를 공진기 거울 가까이 설치하기는 어렵고 항상 열 렌즈 효과를 보상해주는 광학 소자가 있어야 하는 단점이 있다. 반면 λ/4 판은 완벽한 편광 왜곡을 보상해주지 않아 레이저 손실을 초래하지만 두께가 얇아 레이저 헤드와 공진기 거울을 근접해서 설치할 수 있어서 몇몇 연구자에 의해 연구되어 졌다.$^{(3)}$ 본 연구에서는 λ/4 판을 이용하고 편광기에서 반사된 빔을 공진기에 되반사 시키는 구조를 사용하여 선 편광된 레이저의 출력과 빔의 질을 개선 시켰다. (중략)

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.59-66
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• 2005

Accuracy of current measurement in fiber optic current sensor(FOCS), especially, unidirectional polarimetric fiber optic current sensor(PFOCS) is affected by the environment perturbations such as acoustic vibrations changes to the sensing fiber, and intrinsic perturbations such as the bending fiber that the sensing fiber wound around a current carrying wire. The perturbations affect the birefringence properties of sensing fiber in sensor head and cause false current readings. Thus, using compensation technique, reciprocal PFOCS, for unidirectional PFOCS the perturbations are suppressed. In this paper, we carried out the numerical analysis of performance in reciprocal PFOCS including the degree of polarization error, and false current of environmental and intrinsic perturbations on the sensing fiber. Also, we compared the effect of mirror with the faraday rotation mirror(FRM) in reciprocal PFOCS configuration. And the different optical source's wavelengths, 633nm and 1300nm is used. In the results, at 633nm, using mirror and FRM, the degree of polarization error is calculated to $2.3\%$ and $0.0196\%$, respectively. At $1300{\cal}nm$ using mirror and FRM the degree of polarization error is calculated to $9.97\%$ and $0.0196\%$, respectively. Also, compared with false current, the results is calculated to $9.82{\times}10^{-9}A$ and $1.4{\times}10^{-17}A$, respectively, and show that the reciprocal PFOCS is more robust configuration than unidiretionnal PFOCS for environmental and intrinsic perturbations.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.1158-1165
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• 1988

In this paper, the polarization properties of spun fiber due to intrinsic birefringence and magneto-optic effects are theoretically analyzed and experimented. The degree of polarization which indicates the intrinsic birefrigence is measured over 0.818, and the variation of output polarization angle with input polarization angle is measured within 9$^{\circ}$. Compared with single mode fiber, spun fiber is found to have very excellent polarization-maintaining property. Implemented current measurement system using spun fiber can linearly measure the magnetic field up to 20,000 A/m generated by solenoid.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.336-342
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• 2006

Uniaxial stress in ail axisymmetric body is the simplest example of ultrasonic stress measurement. However, the birefringence theory cannot be applied for axisymmetric solids because the axisymmetric stress field in the body does not make shy velocity difference in SH waves propagating in the axisymmetric direction. Conventional ultrasonic technique using the time-of-flight method also needs ultrasonic lengths of the unstressed and stressed body, which is very impractical. In this paper, the birefringence effect in axisymmetric solids under uniaxial stress is formulated to evaluate the axial stress inside the solid without measuring tile ultrasonic length. Theoretical derivation for the birefringence characteristics in the axisymmetric solids is made using the longitudinal and shear waves instead of two horizontally polarized shear waves. Tension test is conducted for carbon-steel specimen to measure the birefringence coefficient and investigate the validity of the theory. It is observed from experimental results that the velocity difference in two differently polarized acoustic waves is proportional to the uniaxial stress in the axisymmetric solid with a good agreement with the theoretical value.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.161-164
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• 1997

A new hybrid, heterodyne, fiber-optic electric field sensor scheme is presented. In this scheme, a dual polarization, dual frequency, stabilized He-Ne laser is used for the light source of the interferometer, Probe beam is delivered to the sensor head using polarization maintaining fiber. In the sensor head, $LiTaO_3$ electro-optic crystal is used for sensing element. Phase retardation is induced on the dual frquency, dual polarization probe beam due to applied electric field across the crystal. Induced phase retardation is demodulated by in-phase and quadrature demodulation technique. In this way, we can obtain optimum sensitivity for electric field measurement regardless a quasi-static phase difference between two polarization components.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.542-548
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• 2001

A robust, accurate, broad-band, alternating current sensor using fiber-optics is being developed as a part of optical over current protection relay system. The sensor uses the Faraday effect in optical fiber and polarimetric measurements tc sense electrical current. The current sensing coil consists of a length of twisted optical fiber and Faraday rotator mirror to suppress the linear birefringence effect. Due to its single-ended closed path structure, it can not only be easily installed to the target with great isolation from other fields in the vicinity, but the sensitivity can be increased by using multiple turns. This paper reports on the theoretical backgrounds of the sensor design and the preliminary experimental results.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.142-152
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• 1992

This paper presentes a new method to measure high electric field (or high voltage) by using crystalline SiO2 which has very high half wave voltage. There are many difficulties in measuring high electric field using other crystals which have generally low half wave voltage.By applying Stokes parameter and Mueller matrix. We derive optical modulation equation in the sensor which is composed of a polarizer, and Mueller matrix, we derive optical modulation equation in the sensor which is composed of a polarizer, a Pokels material, and an analyzer, We theoretically analyzed electro-optic effect, and calculated the phase retardation and half wave volt age of the birefringent material. The designed optical valtage sensor has very excellent linearity up to 20KV without divided volt-age. The maximum error was measured within 3%. Before annealing of Sio2 crystal, the maximum variation of the output voltage is 7.5% with varying temperature from \ulcorner20˚c to 60˚c. But, after annealing of SiO2 crystal, the output voltage variation is improved within 1%error.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.29-34
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• 2022

A fabrication process of smart windows with controllable visible light transmittance by using retardation films is proposed. The 𝛌/4-phase retardation films that can convert a linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light are achieved through photo-alignment layers and reactive mesogen (RM) coating process. Two sheets of the fabricated retardation films with different orientation angles induced to light transmission mode (45°/-45°) and light blocking mode (45°/45°) for visible wavelength. We evaluated retardation characteristics according to the thickness of the birefringent RM material and found out the optimal condition for the film with 𝚫n·d of 𝛌/4-phase. The proposed structure of the smart window exhibited the light blocking ratio improved by more than 20% in the visible wavelength (380 nm to 780 nm). Finally, it was confirmed that the feasibility of the window structure by applying to a prototype for a smart window with a size of 150 × 150 mm².