• ETRI Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.446-448
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• 2005

Using tightly focused femtosecond laser pulses, we produce an optical waveguide and devices in transparent materials. This technique has the potential to generate not only channel waveguides, but also three-dimensional optical devices. In this paper, an optical splitter and U-grooves, which are used for fiber alignment, are simultaneously fabricated in a fused silica glass using near-IR femtosecond laser pulses. The fiber- aligned optical splitter has a low insertion loss, less than 4 dB, including an intrinsic splitting loss of 3 dB and excess loss due to the passive alignment of a single-mode fiber. Finally, we present an output field pattern, demonstrating that the splitting ratio of the optical splitter becomes approximately 1:1.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.104-108
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• 2004

폐경로를 통한 Fabry-Perot 레이저의 자기궤환 레이저 발진(self-seeding laser oscillation)을 이용하여 구조가 간단하고 경제적인 색분산(chromatic dispersion) 측정법을 제안하였다. 저가의 Fabry-Perot 레이저를 이용하여 광펄스들을 생성하고, 광섬유를 통해 전송되는 광펄스들 사이의 군속도 차(group delay difference)를 Fabry-Perot 레이저의 자기궤환 발진 현상을 통해 감지함으로써 광섬유의 색분산계수를 측정할 수 있도록 하였다. 제안된 측정법에 따라 구현된 측정 장치는 고가의 상용 계측기와 비슷한 수준의 색분산계수 측정 정확도를 제공하고, 재현성은 0.5%보다 좋음을 실험적으로 검증하였다.

• 한국신뢰성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신뢰성학회 2004년도 정기학술대회
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• pp.147-151
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• 2004

In this study, an optical fiber assembly directly coupled with a laser diode or a photo diode is designed to confirm high reliable optical coupling efficiency of optical transmitter(Tx) and receiver(Rx). The optical fiber assembly is fabricated by soldering an optical fiber and a Kovar ferrule using a glass solder after inserting an optical fiber through a Kovar ferrule. The Kovar which has good welding characteristics is applied to introduce laser welding technique. The glass solder has excellent thermal characteristics such as thermal shift delamination compared with PbSn, AuSn solder previously used usually. Furthermore, the glass solder doesn't need fiber metalization and this enables low cost fabrication. However, the glass soldering is high temperature process over 35$0^{\circ}C$ and the convex shape after solidification due to surface tension causes the stress concentration on optical fiber. The stress concentration on the optical fiber increases the optical insertion loss and possibility of crack formation. The shape of glass solder was designed referring to 2-D Axi-symmetric FEM simulation. To test the mechanical reliability, mechanical vibration test and shock test were done according to Telcorida GR-468-Core protocol. After each test, the optical loss of the stress distributed fiber assembly didn't exceed 0.5 dB, which passes the test.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2020

We developed an all-fiber RGB laser light source module for application in an automobile head-up display. It is based on laser diodes and an optical fiber combiner that substantially enhances the flexibility of configuration and stability against harsh working conditions for automobiles. We coupled 13 laser diodes with optical fibers and merged them into a single output with a beam combiner device. Red (R), green (G), and blue (B) laser sources were employed to produce primary colors that were mixed into a white light output. An optical output power of approximately 1.5 W was achieved, and the color balance of the output lights was assessed based on the CIE 1931 color space. The optical output power was shown to be stable for over 160 h within an optical fluctuation of less than 0.27%.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2017

In recent years, the optical fiber laser has been widely used in industrial fields due to its excellent economical efficiency and its suitability for industrial applications. This usage has increased even further since the KW class Laser was developed. In this paper, structural analysis and heat transfer analysis of a 500W class optical fiber laser end cap module was performed. The stability of end cap housing with the efficient heat dissipation structure of a 500W-class end cap was evaluated. This research determined the optimal design that should be applied to the design and evaluation of future KW class laser output modules.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2016

I propose a vector passive harmonic mode-locked fiber laser based on topological insulator Bi2Se3 interacting with a fiber taper with a diameter of 7 μm. The particles of topological insulator are deposited uniformly onto the fiber taper with light pressure effect. By incorporating the fabricated saturable absorber into an Er-doped fiber laser cavity, stable mode-locked fiber is obtained. Due to the intense evanescent field of the fiber taper, strong confinement of light enhances the nonlinearity of the laser cavity, and passive harmonic mode-locking is performed. I observe a maximum harmonic mode-locking of 356th, corresponding to a frequency of 3.57 GHz. The pulse duration is 824 fs, and the full width at half maximum of the spectrum is about 8.2 nm. The polarization dependent loss of the saturable absorber is ~ 2.5 dB in the wavelength range of the C band. As the cavity contains no other polarization dependent device, the mode-locked laser is functioning in the vector state. The harmonic order vs pump power is investigated. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the highest frequency mode-locked fiber laser based on Bi2Se3. Experimental results indicate that the topological insulator Bi2Se3 functioning with a thin fiber taper is effective for vector harmonic mode-locking.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.312-316
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• 2013

A novel fiber-optic sensor system is suggested in which fiber Bragg grating sensors are demodulated by a wavelength-sweeping fiber laser source and a spectrometer. The spectrometer consists of a diffraction grating and a 512-pixel photo-diode array. The reflected Bragg wavelength information is transformed into spatial intensity distribution on the photo-diode array. The peak locations linearly correspond to the Bragg wavelengths, regardless of the nonlinearities in the wavelength tuning mechanism of the fiber laser. The high power density of the fiber laser enables obtaining high signal-to-noise ratio outputs. The improved demodulation characteristics were experimentally demonstrated with a fiber Bragg grating sensor array with 5 gratings. The sensor outputs were in much more linear fashion compared with the conventional tunable band-pass filter demodulation. Also it showed advantages in signal processing, due to the high level of photo-diode array signals, over the broadband light source system, especially in measurement of fast varying dynamic physical quantities.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.406-410
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• 2005

처프된 광섬유 브라그 격자를 사용하여 발진모드 수를 조절할 수 있는 외부 공진기 레이저를 제안하였다. 광섬유 브라그 격자에 인가되는 선형적인 온도차를 변화시킴으로써 광섬유 브라그 격자의 반사 대역폭을 조절할 수 있었으며 이러한 격자를 외부 공진기 레이저의 외부 반사경으로 사용하여 발진모드 수를 단일모드에서 세 개의 모드까지 조절할 수 있었다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.277-282
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• 2016

페브리-페로 공진루프에서 광궤환이 가간섭성 광섬유 레이저의 주파수 천이도에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. Er+3가 도핑 된 광궤환 방식 광섬유 레이저는 두 개의 광섬유브래그격자로 이루어진 페브리-페로 공진기에서 단방향 광궤환이 이루어지도록 구성하였다. 광궤환은 그렇지 않은 경우와 비교하여 광섬유레이저의 선폭 감소에 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 위의 구성을 사용한 세 가지 광섬유 레이저는 모두 자기헤테로다인 선폭 측정 장치의 해상도 한계인 3kHz 이내로 나타났다. 마크-젠더 주파수 천이도 측정 장치의 한쪽 선로에 200m 길이의 광지연 선로를 두고 측정한 결과는 광궤환 방식 광섬유 레이저의 주파수 천이도가 광궤환이 없는 광섬유 레이저 보다 우수한 300kHz/sec으로 나타났다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권12호
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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.