• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2019

Optical frequency comb generators have been investigated as a signal source capable of generating highly stabilized ultrafast pulse lasers. The precise control of the optical frequency comb spacing by RF clock signals has led to a revolutionary paradigm shift in the precise measurement of time and frequency. Optical frequency combs also have advantages such as stable frequency spacing, stable number of lines, and robustness. Owing to these characteristics, optical frequency combs have been applied to the fields of high precision optical clock, communication, spectroscopy, waveform generation, and astronomy. In this article, we introduce the properties (i.e., generation methods, advantages, and so on) of various optical frequency combs, and discuss the expected future technological trends and applications.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2014

We report stable, wideband, flat-topped, 10 GHz optical frequency comb generation from a semiconductor-based mode-locked ring laser with an intra-cavity high finesse Fabry-Perot etalon. We demonstrate a stable 10 GHz comb with greater than 200 lines within a spectral power variation below 1 dB, which is the largest value obtained from a similar mode-locked laser in our knowledge. Greater than 20 dB of the spectral peak to deep ratio at 0.02 nm resolution, ~92 femtosecond timing jitter over 1 kHz to 1 MHz range, and non-averaged time traces of pulses confirm very stable optical frequency comb lines.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.385-391
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• 2016

We demonstrated experimentally a variable optical frequency comb source using a cascaded dual parallel Mach Zehnder modulator (DPMZM) and a phase modulator (PM). With this simple configuration and applying low drive voltages, we generated variable comb source composed of spectral lines 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 with 10-GHz frequency spacing, also generated 2 and 3 spectral lines with 20 GHz frequency spacing. The generated comb source maintains high spectral coherence across the entire bandwidth with good spectral flatness (within 1-dB for 2, 3, 5, 7 comb lines, within 2-dB for 9-comb lines and within 3-dB for 11 comb lines). The flat and variable comb source is mainly achieved by manipulating 6 operating parameters of DPMZM, setting RF amplifier gain, connected at phase modulator and phase shifters. Hence the method is simple and offers great flexibility in achieving flat and variable comb spectrum, which is experimentally demonstrated. This brings advantages of power efficiency due to low driving voltages, simplicity and cost effectiveness to the system.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2023

모드 잠금 레이저는 주기성을 가지고 짧은 시간 동안 레이저 출력이 펄스로 동작한다. 그러나 시간-주파수 영역에서 모드 잠금된 펄스 레이저의 펄스 반복률의 주기성은 푸리에 변환으로 일정한 주파수 간격을 가진 광 주파수 빗과 같이 이해된다. 이때 광 주파수 빗의 각 주파수 성분은 연속적으로 발진하는 수십만 개의 단일 주파수 성분을 가진 continuous-wave 레이저들과 같다. 광 주파수 빗은 약 20년 전에 개발되어 세계에서 가장 정밀한 원자 시계의 개발을 가능케 하고 안정된 광 주파수를 정밀하게 전송하는 데에 사용되었으며, 다양한 응용연구로도 발전했다. 본 논문에서는 광 주파수 빗의 단일 주파수 구성 요소를 선택적으로 추출하고, 광 빗의 주파수 구성 요소를 제어하는 연구를 소개한다. 또한 광 주파수 빗의 개념과 원리를 해설함으로써 시간-주파수 도메인에서 빛의 특성을 이해하고, 광 주파수 빗을 활용한 다양한 응용 연구를 개발하는 데 도움을 주고자 한다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.139-140
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• 2008

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.124-129
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• 2007

For the first time we compare two kinds of optical frequency combs, one of which is based on a Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser and the other is based on a mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser. The comparison is performed by measuring an optical frequency standard with these two combs simultaneously. The two frequency measurements agree within 1.8 Hz ($3.8{\times}10^{-15}$) with the uncertainty of 17.2 Hz ($3.6{\times}10^{-14}$), from which it can be concluded that the Ti:sapphire-based frequency comb and the fiber-based frequency comb have no systematic discrepancy at this level of uncertainty.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2015

A flexible and tunable microwave photonic filter based on adjustable optical frequency comb source is demonstrated. We use a combination of a dual parallel Mach Zehnder modulator and an intensity modulator to generate fifteen comb lines with proper weights to implement a desired filter. The optical comb weights, corresponding to the tap coefficients of the filter, are flexibly changed by adjusting the operation parameters of the modulators. The achieved bandwidth and stopband attenuation of the tunable filter are 0.7 GHz and 20 dB, respectively. In addition, we overcome the undesired low frequency suppression appeared in a conventional scheme by applying a dual parallel Mach Zehnder modulator for single sideband suppressed carrier modulation.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2008년도 하계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.339-340
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• 2008

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.216-219
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• 2005

In precision length measurements using optical interferometry based on homodyne or heterodyne principles, it is crucial to have frequency-stabilized monochromatic light sources. To the end, we investigate the possibility of utilizing the optical comb constituted by ultrashort femtosecond pulse lasers generated from a gain medium of titanium-doped aluminium oxide $(Ti:Al_2O_3)$. The optical comb is stabilized by locking to the caesium atomic clock, which allows all the modes of the comb to maintain an extremely high level of frequency stabilization to precision of one part in $10^{16}$. Then, high precision length measurements are realized by extracting a single or group of particularly wanted optical frequency components or by adopting a third-party light source locked to the comb. Required measurement system setup will be presented in detail along with experimental results.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2002년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.514-517
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• 2002

광 공진기내에 음향광학소자(AOM)를 사용하여 FSF(Frequency-shifted feedback) 레이저를 개발하였다. 공진기는 1차 회절광에 의한 feedback loop로 구성된다. FSF 레이저 출력은 수백 PHz/s의 초고속 주파수 chirp을 갖는“chirped frequency comb”이라 불리는 주파수 출력을 보여준다. FSF 레이저를 광원으로 광거리 계측에서는 chirped 주파수 comb을 이용하여 거리를 알 수 있다.