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Polarization-Controlled Waveband Switching in a Multiwavelength Fiber Bragg Grating Laser (다파장 광섬유 격자 레이저의 편광 제어 파장밴드 스위칭)

  • Lee, Yong-Wook
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.56 no.12
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    • pp.2214-2216
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    • 2007
  • Based on a semiconductor optical amplifier and sampled fiber Bragg gratings, polarization-controlled waveband switching in multiwavelength fiber laser is successfully demonstrated at room temperature by using high polarization selectivity of a polarization beam splitter. A multiwavelength-switching operation between eight and six laser lines with signal to noise ratio over 35 dB and wavelength spacing of ${\sim}0.8nm$ has been successfully demonstrated. The switching displacement of the proposed laser was ${\sim}7.1nm$. The intensity unevenness between different laser lines was measured to be less than 6.5 dB. The switching displacement between wavebands (groups of contiguous wavelengths), wavelength channels, and their spacings can be flexibly designed by the selected comb filters.

Laser Beam Shaping Using Hollow Optical Fiber and Its Application in Laser Induced Thermal Printing

  • Yi, Jong-Hoon;Lee, Kang-In;Park, Ill-Hyun;Kwon, Jin-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.146-151
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    • 2009
  • A Gaussian beam of single mode fiber laser was changed into a ring-shaped pattern after it was transmitted through the hollow optical fiber. The ring-shaped beam was focused on a plane by an f-. lens and it was scanned by a Galvano-mirror. The spatial profile of laser energy incident on a plane had two peaks at both sides of the scanned linear track. The profile was compared with the result obtained when the Gaussian beam was dithered transversely by an acousto-optic modulator. It is found that hollow optical fiber beam shaper can replace acousto-optic beam dithering device which is employed in a laser induced thermal printing system.

200-W Continuous-wave Thulium-doped All-fiber Laser at 2050 nm

  • Shin, Jae Sung;Cha, Yong-Ho;Chun, Byung Jae;Jeong, Do-Young;Park, Hyunmin
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.306-310
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    • 2021
  • A 200-W continuous-wave thulium-doped all-fiber laser at 2050 nm was developed with a master oscillator power amplifier configuration. For the master oscillator, a single-mode thulium-doped fiber laser was built with fiber Bragg gratings. The operating power of the oscillator was 10.1 W at a pump power of 20.9 W, and the slope efficiency was measured to be 53.0%. All emitted wavelengths of the oscillator were located between 2049.2 nm and 2049.9 nm, and no other peaks in different wavelength ranges were observed. The maximum output power of the final amplified beam was 204.6 W at a pump power of 350.4 W. The slope efficiency of the amplifier was measured to be 58.4%.

Fiber Raman Laser and its Application to Measurement of Optical Fiber Dispersion Characteristics (광섬유 라만 레이저와 광섬유의 분산 특성 측정에의 응용)

  • 정영철;신상영
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.38-44
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    • 1984
  • Subnanosecond optical pulses with 0.8-1.Bum wavelength are generated by experimentally realizing a single pass fiber Raman laser. This fiber Raman laser is pumped by a mode-locked and Q-switched Nd-YAG laser. Two wave sum frequency phenomenon is also obsenred in the course of the experimental work. The fiber Raman laser is then used to measure dispersion characteristics of a sin\ulcorner mode fiber in the long-wavelength lesion.

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Microstructuring of Optical Fibers Using a Femtosecond Laser

  • Sohn, Ik-Bu;Kim, Young-Seop;Noh, Young-Chul;Ryu, Jin-Chang;Kim, Jin-Tae
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.33-36
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    • 2009
  • Laser ablation with femtosecond lasers is highly promising for microfabrication of materials. Also, the high peak power of femtosecond lasers could induce a multiphoton absorption to ablate transparent materials. Similar results have also been were obtained in the case of optical fibers. In this paper, we present our experimental results of femtosecond laser microstructuring of optical fiber and its applications to microelectronic components and fiber optic devices. Finally, we directly produced micro holes with femtosecond laser pulses in a single step by moving an optical fiber in a preprogrammed structure. When water was introduced into a hole drilled from the bottom surface of the optical fiber, the effects of blocking and redeposition of ablated material were greatly reduced and the aspect ratio of the depth of the hole was increased. We have presented circular and rectangular-shaped holes in optical fiber.

Feasibility study on the contact angle measurement by laser beam projection

  • Ahn, Seon-Hoon;Kim, Seong-Hun;Shin, Kyung-In;IM, Seung-Soon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.103-103
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    • 2003
  • A newly developed contact angle measurement instrument by laser beam projection allows for rapid and direct determination of contact angles. From the result of comparative experiment and questionnaire, the laser contact angle.

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Fabrication of Various Fiber Bragg Gratings Using the UV-Argon Laser (제2고조파 Argon Laser를 이용한 여러 가지 광섬유 격자의 제작)

  • 김승우;권재중;김성철;이병호
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.309-312
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    • 1999
  • Fiber Bragg gratings have many applications such as fiber sensors, band-stop filters, add-drop filters, and mode convertors. In this paper, we present the fabrication method of various fiber Bragg gratings by using continuous wave UV-Argon(frequency-doubled Argon) laser. In our experiments, hydrogenation of fibers was used to enhance photosensitivity of fiber. And we fabricated fiber gratings by the phase mask method.

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Tunable Channel Spacing of Dual-wavelength Erbium-doped Fiber Ring Laser using a Single Fiber Bragg Grating with Two Coil Heaters

  • Sohn, Kyung-Rak;Kim, Hyung-Pyo
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.153-158
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    • 2009
  • Stable and tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber ring laser(EDFL) using a single fiber Bragg grating(FBG) and two coil heaters is proposed and demonstrated. Installing two identical coils into a single FBG, the FBG is symmetrically divided into two different portions. While a current supply to the coil, the refractive index of the FBG under the coil is changed. The FBG can operate as a joint of two different FBGs. Due to the thermo-optic effect of a fiber, the resonance wavelength split into two peaks. The spacing between two adjacent channels was changed as much as the difference of heating power. It was tuned up to 3 nm of wavelength under the electrical power with a 1000 mW. Moreover, the lasing wavelength can be individually tuned without influencing to the adjacent channel.