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Real-time Optical Logic Processors by Two-Wave Mixing in $BaTiO_3$ Crystal ($BaTiO_3$ 결정에서의 두 광파 혼합현상을 이용한 광 논리처리기)

  • 김기홍;권원현;오창석;박한규
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.26 no.10
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    • pp.1571-1575
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    • 1989
  • Nonlinear beam coupling phenomena in photorefractive materials are analyzed as a function of the input beam intensities. Signal beam saturation and pump beam depletion are shown to be the intensity-dependent functions of these materials. Utilizing these phenomena in a photorefractive BaTiO3 crystal, optical logic processors such as AND, OR, NOT, etc., are implemented.

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Optoelectronic Properties Enhanced by Photodynamic Patterning of Azo Polymers

  • Kim, Dong-Yu
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.25-26
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    • 2006
  • Azobenzene functionalized polymers have been extensively investigated due to the potential applications in the areas of optical switching, optical elements, optical information storage, and nonlinear optics. These applications are mainly achievable due to photoinduced properties of azobenzene groups with photoisomerization and photoinduced anisotropy. We report applications to the optoelectronic devices using inscribed one-(1D) and two-dimensional (2D) SRGs on azo polymer films. The inscribed holographic SRGs patterns were useful to control or enhance optoelectronic properties such as transparent electrode patterning, hybrid solar cell and ultraviolet GaN-based LED.

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Fluoride single crystals for UV/VUV nonlinear optical applications

  • Shimamura Kiyoshi;Villora Encarnacion G.;Muramatsu Kenichi;Kitamura Kenji;Ichinose Noboru
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.133-140
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    • 2006
  • The growth characteristics and properties of large size $SrAlF_5$ single crystals are described and compared with those of $BaMgF_4$. Transmission spectra in the vacuum ultraviolet wavelength region indicate a high transparency of $SrAlF_5$ (about 90% without considering surface reflection loses) down to 150 nm, on contrast to the optical loses observed for $BaMgF_4$. The ferroelectric character of $SrAlF_5$ is evidenced by the reversal of the spontaneous polarization in a hysteresis loop. The higher potential of $SrAlF_5$ in comparison with $BaMgF_4$ for the realization of all-solid-state lasers in the ultraviolet wavelength region by the quasi-phase matching (QPM) technique is pointed out. $SrAlF_5$, besides a higher grade of transparency, shows a nonlinear effective coefficient similar to that of quartz and uniaxial nature, on contrast to the one order smaller nonlinear coefficient and biaxial character of $BaMgF_4$. The refractive index of $SrAlF_5$ from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared wavelength region is measured by the minimum deviation method. The Sellmeier and Cauchy coefficients are obtained from the fits to the curves of the ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices, and the grating period for the first order QPM is estimated as a function of the wavelength. The poling periodicity for 193 nm SHG from 386 nm is $4{\mu}m$.

Computer Simulation on the Poling Mechanism for the Control of 2nd Order Optical Nonlinearity in Silica Glass (2차 비선형 광특성의 제어를 위한 실리카 유리의 전기분극 기구 전산모사)

  • Yu, Ung-Hyeon;Lee, Seung-Gyu;Sin, Dong-Uk;Jeong, Yong-Jae
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.207-214
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    • 2001
  • Silica glass is a core material for optical fiber in optical telecommunications, but its centrosymmetry eliminates the second order nonlinearity. But it is experimentally well known that the space charge polarization induces the Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) when a strong DC voltage is applied to silica glass for a long period of time with metal blocking electrodes. In this report, the results of a theoretical calculation of the nonlinear optical property caused by the space charge polarization, and a model of a numerical analysis to predict the small chance in nonlinear optical property as functions of time and space are provided. Assuming that amorphous silica is a solid state electrolyte and sodium ion is the only mobile charge carrier, 'Finite Difference Method' was employed for modeling of numerical analysis. The distributions of the concentration of sodium ion and electric field as functions of a normalized length of the specimen and a normalized applied voltage were simulated.

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Synthesis and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Novel Y-Type Polyesters with Enhanced Thermal Stability of Second Harmonic Generation

  • Kim, Jin-Hyang;Lee, Ju-Yeon;Won, Dong-Seon;Rhee, Bum-Ku
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.506-512
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    • 2007
  • 2,3-Di-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)-4'-nitrostilbene (3) was prepared and condensed with terephthaloyl chloride, adipoyl chloride, and sebacoyl chloride to yield novel Y-type polyesters (4-6) containing the NLO-chromophores 2,3-dioxynitrostilbenyl groups, which constituted parts of the polymer backbones. Polymers 4-6 were soluble in common organic solvents such as acetone and N,N-dimethylformamide. Polymers 4-5 showed thermal stability up to $300^{\circ}C$ in thermogravimetric analysis with glass transition temperatures $(T_g)$, obtained from differential scanning calorimetry, in the range $81-95^{\circ}C$. The second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficients $(d_{33})$ of the poled polymer films at the 1064 nm fundamental wavelength were around $3.68{\times}10^{-9}$ esu. The dipole alignment exhibited high thermal stability up to $T_g$, and there was no SHG decay below $T_g$ due to the partial main-chain character of the polymer structure.

Quantitative Determination of the Chromophore Alignment Induced by Electrode Contact Poling in Self-Assembled NLO Materials

  • Kim, Tae-Dong;Luo, Jingdong;Jen, Alex K.-Y.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.882-886
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    • 2009
  • The electrode contact poling is one of the efficient tools to induce a stable polar order of nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores in the solid film. Self-assembled NLO chromophores with high electro-optic (E-O) activities were utilized for quantitative determination of the chromophore order induced under contact poling by spectroscopic changes. We found that NLO chromophores rarely decompose under the high electric field during contact poling. The absorption spectra were de-convoluted into a sum of Gaussian components to separate energy transitions for a binary composite system which contains a secondary guest chromophore AJC146 in the self-assembled chromophore HDFD. Poling efficiency was significantly improved in the binary system compared to the individual components.

Classification and search for novel binary acentric molybdate and wolfra-mate crystals

  • Atuchin, V.V.;Kidyarov, B.I.
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.323-328
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    • 2002
  • The model of the shortest chemical bonds is applied for the classification of acentric simple and binary Mo(VI) and W(VI) oxides. It is shown that on the plane of the shortest chemical bonds the compounds are located into the rosette of three intersected ellipses. The correlation between the optical nonlinearity and combination of the bond lengths is discussed.

Optical and Electrical Properties of $Ti_xSi_{1-x}O_y$ Films

  • Lim, Jung-Wook;Yun, Sun-Jin;Kim, Je-Ha
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.675-679
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    • 2009
  • $Ti_xSi_{1-x}O_y$ (TSO) thin films are fabricated using plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition. The Ti content in the TSO films is controlled by adjusting the sub-cycle ratio of $TiO_2$ and $SiO_2$. The refractive indices of $SiO_2$ and $TiO_2$ are 1.4 and 2.4, respectively. Hence, tailoring of the refractivity indices from 1.4 to 2.4 is feasible. The controllability of the refractive index and film thickness enables application of an antireflection coating layer to TSO films for use as a thin film solar cell. The TSO coating layer on an Si wafer dramatically reduces reflectivity compared to a bare Si wafer. In the measurement of the current-voltage characteristics, a nonlinear coefficient of 13.6 is obtained in the TSO films.