• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 1998

In this paper, a simple scheme of optical interconnections between M input and N output terminals using mode speckle patterns generated in the mulitmode optical fiber is described. It is shown that fully parallel nonblocking interconnections are accomplished by using properly generated mode speckle patterns as destination codes and dectecting the generated mode speckle patterns separately using M multiplexed Vander Lugt matched filters at each output terminal. The orthogonality condition of mode speckle patterns is investigated by either changing the launching angles or rotating the polarization direction of the beam. Preliminary experiments by use of a 4$\times$4 graded refractive-index multimode fiber coupler whose core diameter was 50 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ were performed to show the feasibility of our scheme.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.390-396
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• 1996

A pulsed Ti : sapphire laser with a Z-folded cavity, which was pumped by a frequency-doubled Nd : YAG laser, was developed. A laser output energy of 822 $\mu$J with a pulsewidth of 5 ns and an output efficiency of 27.4% was obtained at a center wavelength of 790 nm using an output coupler of 18% reflectance. The slope efficiency was 35%. The output beam diameter was 0.9 mm, and the divergence angle was 1.8 mrad. The spectrum tunability was about 120 nm from 740 nm to 860 nm with a FWHM of 90 nm at an 18% output coupler and a pumping energy of 3 mJ.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.28-33
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• 2004

An in-line fiber coupler, based on side-polished single-mode fibers covered with an intermediate coupling layer and a planar waveguide, is analyzed by modeling the interaction region as an equivalent multi-layered planar waveguide. The reflectance for the multi-layered structure with and without buffer layer is illustrated as a function of the refractive index and thickness of the overlay waveguides. When the refractive index of the overlay waveguides is greater than that of the fiber core, the conditions for the intermediate coupling layer to increase the power coupling from the fiber to the overlays is also explained. Through the experimental results using a LiNbO$_3$planar waveguide, we show that the theoretical analysis is reasonable and in good agreement with the measured values.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.555-562
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• 2004

We propose a hybrid method combining the implicit with the explicit methods in order to reduce the calculation time and improve the convergence problem of the 3-dimensional finite-difference beam propagation method. The numerical simulation of a directional coupler is carried out by the proposed method. It is found from the simulation results that the calculation speed of our method is 10 times faster than that of direct solving techniques.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.90-94
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• 2014

We propose a Yb:YAG laser Q-switched by a semiconductor saturable absorber and a laser output coupler composed of a polarizer and a quarter-wave plate, and we investigate the output characteristics of the proposed Q-switched laser. We show that the laser power can be varied by rotation of the quarter-wave plate.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.617-626
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• 2010

In this paper, we have proposed and experimentally performed a polarization and phase control method of an optical signal which has same wavelength with the optical carrier to improve phase characteristics of a continuous wave(CW) generated by the double sideband-suppressed carrier(DSB-SC) as one of the famous photomixing technique for making sub-millimeter and terahertz waves. A polarization and phase controlled optical signal has been coupled with the general DSB-SC on an optical coupler. The output of the optical coupler is then photomixed by a photomixer. From our analysis and measurement results, we have found that the amplitude of the generated sub-mm and terahertz CW signal is higher 1.5 dB and the phase noise is lower about 3 dB@10 kHz offset frequency than the general DSBSC. Consequently, since our proposed method has improved the amplitude and phase noise of CW signals in the sub-mm and terahertz bands, it can be helpful results to make low cost CW generator in sub-millimeter and subterahertz bands.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.213-217
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• 2020

In this study we report a wet-etching-based fabrication method for adiabatic optical-fiber tapers (OFTs), and describe their adiabaticity and HE₁₁ mode evolution at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The profile of the fabricated system satisfies the adiabaticity properties well, and the far-field pattern from the etched OFT shows that the fundamental HE₁₁ mode is maintained without a higher-order mode coupling throughout the tapers. In addition, the measured far-field pattern agrees well with the simulated result. The proposed adiabatic OFTs can be applied to a number of photonic applications, especially fiber-chip packages. Based on the fabricated adiabatic OFT structures, the optical transmission to the inversely tapered silicon waveguide shows large spatial-dimensional tolerances for 1 dB excess loss of ~60 ㎛ (silicon waveguide angle of 1°) and insertion loss of less than 0.4 dB (silicon waveguide angle of 4°), from the numerical simulation. The proposed adiabatic coupler shows the ultrabroadband coupling efficiency over the O- and C-bands.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.148-152
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• 2005

A novel interferometric isolator has been proposed and designed to fabrticate waveguide magnetooptic isolator operating at a wavelength of $1.55{\cal}um$. The device consists of MMI (multimode interference) couplers and has a magnetooptic guiding layer with different layer structure in arms of the inteferometer. The layer structures in the arms of inteferometer are $HfO_2/CeY_2Fe_5O_{12}/NOG$ and $SiO_2/CeY_2Fe_5O_{12}/NOG$, respectively. This configuration give rise to different nonreciprocal phase shift. In consequence, the isolator operates under a unidirectional magnetic field. The optimized structure of the isolator was determined by a 3D beam propagation method.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.1150-1154
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• 2001

Silicon oxynitride (SiON) thick films using the core layer of silica optical waveguide have been deposited on Si wafer by PECVD at low temperature (32$0^{\circ}C$) were obtained by decomposition of appropriate mixture of (SiH$_4$+$N_2$O+$N_2$) gaseous mixtures under RF power and SiH$_4$/($N_2$O+$N_2$) ratio deposition condition. Prism coupler measurements show that the refractive indices of SiON layers range from 1.4663 to 1.5496. A high SiH$_4$/($N_2$O+$N_2$) of 0.33 and deposition power of 150 W leads to deposition rates of up to 8.67 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$/h. With decreasing SiH$_4$/($N_2$O+$N_2$) ratio, the SiON layer become smooth from 41$\AA$ to 6$\AA$.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.186-187
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• 2002

광통신의 최종 목적은 각 가정까지 광섬유를 연결하여 일반인들도 많은 정보를 신속하고 쉽게 접할 수 있게 하는 것, 즉, 광가입자망(Fiber To The Home, FTTH)의 실현이라고 할 수 있다. 그러나 여러 가지 문제점으로 인해 아직까지는 일부 실험 지역 내에 국한되어 있다. 광가입자망의 실현을 위한 이론적 방법으로 광섬유를 정보 전달소에서 각 가정까지 직접 연결하는 것이 있으나, 이 방법은 경제적 면에서 경쟁력을 갖출 수 없을 뿐 아니라 물리적인 부피 증가로 인해 현실적으로 실현 불가능하다고 할 수 있다. (중략)