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Cross talk between binary holograms of finite contrast in phase-code multiplexing system (유한한 contrast ratio를 갖는 위상 부호 다중화된 이진 홀로그램들간의 Cross talk)

  • Kim, Hyun;Lee, Yeon-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.260-261
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    • 2003
  • 위상 부호 다중화 시스템에서 cross talk 잡음은 기준빔 성분들간의 180$^{\circ}$와 다른 위상 천이 오차, 기준빔 성분들의 Bragg 격자로부터 불균일한 회절 세기들, 혹은 non-Bragg-matched 격자로부터 회절 때문에 발생하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 논문에서는 cross talk의 다른 원인들이 최소화된 시스템에서 위상 천이 오차만이 존재할 때 이전 연구들과 달리 유한한 contrast ratio를 갖는 이진 랜덤 이차원 이미지들을 광굴절 결정체에 위상 부호 다중화하고 복원할 때 얻어지는 신호대 잡음비(SNR)을 계산하고 이를 실험 측정 결과와 비교한다. (중략)

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A Study of New Operation Mode for High Contrast Ratio and Fast Switching Time in Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal(AFLC)

  • Lim, Tong-Kun;Baek, Do-Hyeon;Shin, Sung-Tae
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.39-42
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    • 2001
  • A new method of switching mode in AFLC cell is proposed for faster switching time and higher contrast ratio. In this mode the ″dark″ state is obtained by applying negative full voltage while the ″bright″ state is achieved by applying positive full voltage to the cell. The switching time is reduced to 100 $mutextrm{s}$ for the cell whose switching time is 22 ms when operated in conventional mode. The contrast ratio is also improved vastly with this method. The possibility of achieving gray scale was shown in this mode of operation.

Nonparaxial Imaging Theory for Differential Phase Contrast Imaging

  • Jeongmin Kim
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.537-544
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    • 2023
  • Differential phase contrast (DPC) microscopy, a central quantitative phase imaging (QPI) technique in cell biology, facilitates label-free, real-time monitoring of intrinsic optical phase variations in biological samples. The existing DPC imaging theory, while important for QPI, is grounded in paraxial diffraction theory. However, this theory lacks accuracy when applied to high numerical aperture (NA) systems that are vital for high-resolution cellular studies. To tackle this limitation, we have, for the first time, formulated a nonparaxial DPC imaging equation with a transmission cross-coefficient (TCC) for high NA DPC microscopy. Our theoretical framework incorporates the apodization of the high NA objective lens, nonparaxial light propagation, and the angular distribution of source intensity or detector sensitivity. Thus, our TCC model deviates significantly from traditional paraxial TCCs, influenced by both NA and the angular variation of illumination or detection. Our nonparaxial imaging theory could enhance phase retrieval accuracy in QPI based on high NA DPC imaging.

Electro-Optical Characterization of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals for Various Concentrations of Prepolymer (전폴리머 조성에 따른 고분자 분산형 액정의 전기 광학 특성 평가)

  • Yang, Kee-Jeong;Yoon, Do-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.23 no.11
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    • pp.891-895
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    • 2010
  • Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films were prepared by the phase separation method using the liquid crystal (E7) and prepolymers. This work investigated the electro-optical characteristics of various PDLC films. In order to have good contrast ratio, the polymer refractive index must be adjusted to the ordinary refractive index of the liquid crystal. The driving voltage of PDLC films were mainly affected by elastic deformation. E7-Ebecryl810-IOA-TMPTA-HMPPO system had good threshold voltage and driving voltage and E7-Ebecryl810-EHA-PEGDA-HMPPO system had good contrast ratio.

Optical Simulation of Viewing Angle Property of Biaxial Nematic Bent-Core Liquid Crystal

  • Yang, Seungbin;Lee, Ji-Hoon
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.510-514
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    • 2016
  • The conventional liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have been using optically uniaxial liquid crystal (LC) medium and this often causes a significant image change at oblique viewing angles. We simulated the viewing angle properties of the biaxial nematic (Nb) phase of a bent-core liquid crystal (BLC) and compared the results with the vertically aligned (VA)- and the in-plane switching (IPS)-LCDs. The Nb phase of the BLC showed a smaller transmittance at the dark state as well as a greater contrast ratio at wide viewing angle. The viewing angle property of the Nb-mode without any compensation film was slightly superior to the IPS-mode with the compensation films eliminating the decross of the polarizers at oblique viewing angle.

A Comparative Analysis Study on Distance Contrast Sensitivities According to Progressive Lens Design (누진렌즈 디자인에 따른 원거리 대비감도 비교분석 연구)

  • Shin, Dong-Min;Kim, Soo-Hyun;Jeong, Ju-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.241-246
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: The aim of this study was a comparative analysis of the effect of distance contrast sensitivity when wearing free-form progressive lens and conventional progressive lens. Methods: The 20 subjects who do not have any ocular diseases were participated in this study. Contrast sensitivities at 5 different levels of spatial frequency were conducted by using FACT (Stereo Optical, USA). Results: Contrast sensitivity was measured for free-form progressive lens and conventional progressive lens in the order of right eye, left eye and binocular. Right/left/binocular contrast sensitivity values of the free-form progressive lenses compared to the conventional progressive lenses were higher 16%/17%/11% at A(1.5 cpd) of spatial frequency, 11%/5%/5% at B(3 cpd) of spatial frequency, 6%/6%/9% at C(6 cpd) of spatial frequency, 19%/16%/13% at D(12 cpd) of spatial frequency, 4%/3%/18% at E(18 cpd) of spatial frequency. Conclusions: In all the area of spatial frequency, distance contrast sensitivity values were measured highly on free-form progressive lens than on conventional progressive lens.

Optical-Electronic Method for Statistical Evaluation of Human Corneal Endothelial Patterns (Human Corneal Endothelial 패턴의 통계적 분석을 위한 광전자적 방법)

  • Lee, Yim-Kul
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1992 no.11
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    • pp.58-62
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    • 1992
  • Hybrid optical-electronic procedures are introduced for the automated estimation of cell parameters (e.g., size, size variation, and shape). Two different optical Fourier analysis procedures are applied to high contrast cell boundary patterns obtained from specular micrographs of the endothelial layer. In one case, a large number of cell patterns are illuminated to extract average cell size information. Once the average cell size information has been obtained, individual cells are illuminated to extract shape information.

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Optical AND/OR gates based on monolithically integrated vertical cavity laser with depleted optical thyristor (집적화된 광 싸이리스터와 수직구조 레이저를 이용한 광 로직 AND/OR 게이트에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Doo-Gun;Jung In-Il;Choi Young-Wan;Choi Woon-Kyung
    • 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.19-23
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    • 2006
  • Latching optical switches and optical logic gates AND and OR are demonstrated, for the first time, by the monolithic integration of a vertical cavity lasers with depleted optical thyristor structure, which have not only a low threshold current with 0.65 mA. but also a high on/off contrast ratio more than 50 dB. By simple operating technique with changing a reference switching voltage, this single device operates as two logic functions, optical logic AND and OR. The thyristor laser fabricated using the oxidation process achieved a high optical output power efficiency and a high sensitivity to the optical input light.

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