• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제34D권4호
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• pp.87-93
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• 1997

An electro-optic polymer digital optical switch with a coupling region modified for optimum mode coupling is proposed, and it is analyzed by using the beam propagation method combined with the effective index method. Its modified coupling region is adiabatically introduced along the propagation direction from the branching point of the two waveguides. The structure of the modified coupling region and its refractive index profiles are designed to optimize the mode coupling in the Y-branch waveguide. Therefor, the switching performance of the device may be enhanced with a fixed device length. It is confirmed from the numerical calculation that the drive voltage is reduced by more than 30 percents and te crosstalk is improved by about 8dB.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2017

Optical structures of a tapered ultra-thin light guide film (LGF) were optimized by optical simulation for increasing coupling efficiency between light sources and the LGF. A serration pattern on the entrance side surface could provide a comparable coupling efficiency to that of the conventional LGF where a linear, asymmetric prism array was formed on the taper surface. Several micro-patterns were applied to the top and/or bottom surface of the LGF for achieving better luminance property, and it was found that an optimized micro-pyramid pattern exhibited the highest average luminance together with satisfactory luminance uniformity.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.1048-1052
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• 2008

Difficulties in developing process of Liquid Crystal Display(LCD) products such as frequent design modifications, various design requirements, and short-term development period bring on the need of integrated design approach that is efficient and easy to handle. Back Light Unit(BLU) of the LCD, which drastically affects the optical performance of LCD products, is divided into in-coupling part and out-coupling part. Serration of the in-coupling part flattens the light received from point light sources and dot pattern of the out-coupling part regularizes the light sent to screen. Therefore, the optical performance of a LCD product is largely influenced by the shape of serration and the arrangement of dot pattern. In this research, a new design approach which enables to improve the optical performance of LCD products and overcome the prementioned difficulties in developing process of LCD products is proposed. The shape of serration is parameterized to 3 parameters and out-coupling part is partitioned into 10 partitions to apply the optimization technique to this problem. 3 parameters for the shape of serration and densities of 10 partitions are used as design variables in the design optimization. Optical simulation tool named SPEOS is used to evaluate the optical performance of the LCD product. Since the optical simulation uses the random ray tracing technique, numerical noise may possibly be included in the simulation process. To solve the problem caused by numerical noise, the PQRSM which can stably find the solution of the noise problem is used in this research.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2006

격자 구조형 평면도파로와 원통형 광섬유로 구성된 격자구조형 광섬유 결합기(GAFC)를 제안하였고, 그 최적 전력결합 특성을 종방향 모드 전송선로이론(L-MTLT)에 기초하여 분석하였다. 또한, 격자 구조형 평면도파로에서 입사된 광신호가 단일 모드 광섬유로 결합되기 위한 새로운 최적 조건들을 제시하였다. 수치해석 결과 GAFCs에서 최적 전력결합 특성은 기존에 널리 사용하는 위상정합 조건이 아닌 새로운 조건(즉, 정확한 모드의 최소간격 조건)에서 나타났다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2004

Newly developed modal transmission-line theory(MTLT) is used to analyze rigorously the optical power distribution in grating-assisted directional couplers(GADCs) with three guiding channels. By defining a novel coupling efficiency ${\eta}$ amenable to the rigorous analytical solutions of modal transmission-line theory, we explicitly evaluate the power coupling and distribution of TM modes. The results reveal that the incident power is sensitively partitioned through three output channels in terms of such grating parameters as the grating period, the duty cycle, and the operating wavelength.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.538-543
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• 2021

The evanescent wave coupling of a microring resonator is controlled by changing the gap distance between the bus waveguide and the microring waveguide. However, the interdependence of the bus waveguide's width and the coupling is not well understood. In this paper, we investigate the dependence of coupling strength on the bus waveguide's width. The strength of the evanescent wave coupling is analytically calculated using coupled-mode theory (CMT) and numerically calculated by three-dimensional finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) simulation. The analytic and numerical simulation results show that the phase-matching condition in evanescent wave coupling does not provide maximum coupling strength, because both phase-matching and mode confinement influence the coupling. The analytic and simulation results for the evanescent coupling correspond to the experimental results. The optimized bus-waveguide width that provides maximum coupling strength results in intrinsic quality factors of up to 1.3 × 10⁶. This study provides reliable guidance for the design of microring resonators, depending on various applications.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2018

광결합 효율(Fiber coupling efficiency)을 개선하기 위해서는 Laser diode에서 넓은 각도로 방출된 빛을 광섬유의 중심(Core) 부분으로 모아주는 집광렌즈(Collimating lens)가 필수적이다. 현재 사용되는 집광렌즈는 형틀(Mold)을 이용한 글래스 몰드(Glass mold) 공법이 널리 사용되고 있다. 이 방식은 생산단가가 저렴하지만, 정교한 성형이 어렵고 구면수차와 같은 품질문제가 있다. 본 연구는 기존의 글래스 몰드 공법을 반도체 공정으로 대체함으로써 표면 가공의 정밀도를 높이고, 렌즈의 재질 또한 반도체 공정에 적합한 실리콘으로 변경하였다. 반도체공정은 PR을 이용한 포토리소그래피(Photolithography) 공정과 플라즈마를 이용한 건식 식각(Dry etching) 공정으로 구성된다. 광결합 효율은 실리콘 렌즈의 광학적 특성을 평가하기 위해 초정밀 정렬 시스템을 사용하여 측정되었다. 그 결과, 렌즈 직경 $220{\mu}m$ 일 때의 최대 광결합 효율은 50%로 측정되었고, 렌즈 직경 $210-240{\mu}m$ 범위에서는 최고 광결합 효율 대비 5% 이하의 광결합 특성저하를 보여줌을 확인하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2008

결합효율이 높고 정렬오차 발생 시 결합효율의 저하가 작은 광통신용 비구면 렌즈 시준기를 설계하였다. 비구면 시준 렌즈는 GRIN 렌즈와 작동거리와 두께가 유사하고 외경이 동일한 원통형 막대 형태로 설계해 GRIN 렌즈를 대체할 수 있도록 하였다. 결합효율의 저하는 시준렌즈의 구면수차에 의해 주요하게 발생하므로, 비구면 렌즈 시준기가 볼 렌즈, GRIN 렌즈 및 C-렌즈 시준기보다 높은 결합효율을 가지도록 비구면 계수를 최적화 해 구면수차를 낮추었다. 설계한 비구면 렌즈 시준기의 결합효율은 기존 시준기들보다 높았으며 정렬오차에 따른 결합효율의 감소도 작았다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.36-40
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• 1997

Bragg diffraction of a strong reference beam from a steady-state photorefractive grating is measured experimentally and an analytic prediction is derived from the coupled wave equations of two-beam energy coupling. The relation between Bragg diffraction and two-beam coupling is used to check the mechanism of photorefractive grating formation.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.162-167
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• 2005

나노 크기 양자우물구조로 구성된 광통신용 방향성결합기를 모드전송선천 이론을 이용하여 설계하였다. 그 타당성과 유용성을 보이기 위하여 나노 결합기의 그 전파특성과 결합특성을 서로 다른 유효질량으로 구성된 이중 양자우물구조에서 분석하였다. 그 수치해석 결과 전체 전자에너지가 83.9 meV일 때, 결합길이 295.3 nm에서 최대 결합효율을 나타내었다. 더욱이, 이중 양자우물구조 사이의 장벽(barrier) 두께가 증가함에 따라 협대역(narrowband) 필터로 동작하였다.