• Current Optics and Photonics
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.52-58
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• 2021

We show that a simple double-slit experimental setup can be used to measure the thickness of a transparent thin film. The phase difference between the light passing through one slit covered with photoresist film and that passing through the other slit without film was estimated using the simple Fraunhofer diffraction formula for a double slit. Our method gave error of a few percent or less for film thicknesses ranging from 0.7 to 1.7 ㎛, demonstrating that a laboratory double-slit experimental setup can be utilized in practical film-thickness measurements.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.09a
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• pp.39-39
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• 1996

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.159-166
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• 2022

We measured the thickness and refractive index of a thin film using a double-slit diffraction experiment. The amount of phase step in the transmitted light generated by the thin film on the transparent substrate was measured by analyzing the diffraction pattern from the double slits. Experiments were conducted not only in air but also in distilled water, to determine thickness and refractive index simultaneously. To verify the validity of this method, we compared our values for thickness and refractive index to those measured using the well-established waveguide-coupling method. The suggested method is expected to be applied as a new method to simultaneously measure the thickness and refractive index of thin films, along with existing methods.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.269-275
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• 2023

Since the Abbe number is a value representing the chromatic dispersion of a transparent optical medium, its measurement is essential for multicolor or white light applications of an optical medium. In this study, the Abbe number in a transparent organic thin film was measured through a simple double-slit experiment, and the results agreed with that calculated from a known dispersion formula for this medium. Unlike conventional methods that calculate the Abbe number from the refractive indices measured at three specific wavelengths using dedicated equipment, the method proposed in this study is a very simple experiment to obtain the Abbe number of new optical media without measuring the refractive indices. We demonstrated that experiments at the undergraduate optics level can be utilized to measure the chromatic dispersion of optical media.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.119-128
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• 2015

This study investigates the wave pressure characteristics of the pile-supported breakwater with single or double perforated walls through 2-D hydraulic experiments and the measured wave pressures are compared to those of wave pressures by Goda's formula. For single chamber, the measured wave pressures in the front wall and rear wall decreased to about 25% and 30%, respectively, compared to those of wave pressures by Goda's formula. Also, the decrease in the wave pressures for double chamber were about 27%, 53%, and 64% in the front wall, middle wall, and rear wall, respectively. It was found that the pile-supported breakwater with double perforated walls was more efficient than the single chamber due to wave dissipation effects of double slit walls with horizontal slits.