• ETRI Journal
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.122-125
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• 2005

A polymer-based planar-lightwave-circuit-type variable optical attenuator (VOA) was fabricated using a hot embossing process. With an optimized one-step embossing process, forty micro-channels for the guidance of light were defined on a polymer thin film with an accuracy of ${\pm}0.5{\mu}m$. The fabricated polymeric thermo-optic VOA shows 30 dB attenuation with 110 mW electrical input power at $1.55{\mu}m$. The rise and fall times are less than 5 ms.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2015

저가격, 높은 생산성, 고해상도를 가지는 소자의 패턴 제작 방법에 대한 요구가 계속적으로 증가하고 있다. 롤투롤 연속생산 공정은 저비용, 대량생산이 가능한 차세대 공정으로 각광받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 PLC (planar lightwave circuit) 소자의 제작을 위해서 롤투롤 공정을 이용하여 제조하는 방법을 연구하였다. 제안한 기술은 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) 고분자를 이용하여 롤투롤 공정을 통해 PLC소자를 제작하는 공정을 연구하였다. 실리콘 웨이퍼에 형성된 마이크로 패턴을 복제 공정을 수행하였으며 이를 원통금형에 적용하여 롤투롤 공정의 롤 몰드(roll mold)로 사용하였다. 웹 텐션과 웹 속도의 공정 조건 최적화로 롤투롤 공정을 이용하여 PLC소자를 제작하였다. 제작된 PLC소자는 약4.0dB의 삽입손실을 가지는 $1{\times}2$ 광분배기이며, 제안한 롤투롤 공정 기술을 이용한 PLC소자의 제작 공정이 대량연속생산에 유효함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.162-165
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• 2008

A novel planar lightwave circuit(PLC) triplexer using a three-waveguide interferometer(TWI) is proposed and examined using the transfer matrix and the beam propagation methods. The proposed triplexer consists of two three-waveguide couplers and three waveguides connecting the couplers. Simulation for the TWI triplexer shows the excess losses of 0.03 dB and 0.94 dB with the crosstalks of -22.3 dB and -14.5 dB in reception, respectively, for the wavelength of 1490- and 1550-nm, while showing the excess loss of 1.75 dB in transmission for the wavelength of 1310 nm. The proposed design shows compact feature as short as 11.5 mm for the refractive-index contrast of 0.45%.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.452-456
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• 2007

Very compact 4-channel 200-GHz-spacing external cavity lasers (ECLs) were fabricated by hybrid integration of reflection gratings and superluminescent laser diodes on a planar lightwave circuit chip. The fifth-order gratings as reflection gratings were formed using a conventional contact-mask photo-lithography process to achieve low-cost fabrication. The lasing wavelength of the fabricated ECLs matched the ITU grid with an accuracy of ${\pm}0.1$ nm, and optical powers were more than 0.4 mW at the injection current of 80 mA for all channels. The ECLs showed single mode operations with more than 30 dB side lobe suppression.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2008년도 하계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.265-266
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• 2008

The environmental and mechanical reliability of planar lightwave circuit (PLC)-type optical splitter modules is investigated with references [1, 3]. The module is composed of Y-branching silica-based waveguides on Si connected to optical fiber with UV-curable adhesives and is packaged in a metal case which is filled with humidity-resistant resin. High optical performance such as low loss, low reflection, and thermal stability are obtained through the use of this fiber connection technique. Ten reliability tests including long-term environmental and mechanical and ALT test were carried out for more then ten $1{\times}32$ channel PLC splitter modules.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.826-833
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 PLC 소자용 브래그 격자에 적용되는 재료인 Ge, B 등이 다량 첨가되어 있는 실리카 유리에서 발생하는 감광성(photosensitivity)을 조사하고 감광성의 발현 기구를 연구하였다. 관찰된 굴절률 변화의 최대값은 약 $10^{-3}$ 정도였으며 열처리 과정을 거치기 전후에 이러한 굴절률의 변화 양상이 변화하는 것을 관찰하였다. 이와 같은 굴절률의 변화를 UV 흡수도와 라만 스펙트림을 이용하여 본 연구의 시편에서 발생하는 감광성의 기구를 규명한 결과 굴절률 변화 요인이 유리 내에 존재하는 내부응력과 첨가된 B에 의하여 증대된 고밀화 과정에서 발생하는 현상임을 밝혔다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.251-255
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 평판형 광도파로 상에 마하젠더 간섭계를 형성한 습도센서의 특성을 제시하고자 한다. 평판형 광도파로의 마하젠더 간섭계의 한쪽 팔에 PVP를 코팅함으로써 센서 주변의 외부 습도를 측정하였다. 습도를 계측할 간섭계의 한쪽 팔은 10 mm 폭으로 에칭하고, 에칭된 곳에 폴리비닐피롤리돈 (PVP)를 코팅하였다. PVP는 습도변화에 의해서 굴절률의 변화가 일어나므로, PVP로 코팅된 습도 센서는 평판형 광도파로 근처 상대습도의 차이에 따라 광간섭무늬의 변화를 나타내었다. 이에 대한 측정 결과를 통해 30%~80% 상대습도 범위에서 습도센서로써 작동함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.9
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• pp.390-390
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• 2008

In this paper, we have designed and fabricated optical waveguides based on the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) for application to sensor. The evanecent-wave sensor based on the MZI principle has sufficiently high sensitivity to measure the change of the refractive index on surface of a waveguide. The waveguides were optimized at a wavelength of 1550 nm and fabricated according to the design rule of 0.45 delta%, which is the difference of refractive index between the core and clad. The fabrication of MZI optical waveguides was performed by a conventional Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) fabrication process. The fabricated MZI optical waveguide device was measured. According to the measurement result, the insertion loss of MZI optical waveguide device was below 3.5 dB and the polarization dependent loss (PDL) was within 0.1dB. In addition, we analyzed optical properties of MZI sensor according to the refractive index change of the sensor arm.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.128-135
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• 2021

WDM(Wavelength Division Multiplexing) is called a wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission method and is a next-generation optical transmission technology. Case company F has recently developed and sold PLC(Planar Lightwave Circuit), a key element necessary for WDM system production. Although Chinese processing companies are being used as a global outsourcing strategy to increase price competitiveness by lowering manufacturing unit prices, the average defect rate of products manufactured by Chinese processing companies is more than 50%, causing many problems. However, Chinese processing companies are trying to avoid responsibility, saying that the cause of the defect is the defective PLC Wafer provided by Company F. Therefore, in this study, the responsibility of the PLC defect is clearly identified through estimating the defect rate of PLC using the sampling inspection method, and the improvement plan for each cause of the PLC defect for PLC yeild improvement is proposed. The result of this research will greatly contribute to eliminating the controversy over providing the cause of defects between global outsourcing companies and the head office. In addition, it is expected to form a partnership with Company F and a Chinese processing company, which will serve as a cornerstone for successful global outsourcing. In the future, it is necessary to increase the reliability of the PLC yield calculation by extracting more precisely the number of defects.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.196-200
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• 2005

[ $0.75delta\%$ ]의 평판광회로(PLC;Planar Lightwave Circuit)소자의 설계 및 제작기술을 가지고 저손실과 높은 누화율을 가진 파장 다중화 및 역다중화 소자를 개발하였다. C-band AWG(Arrayed Waveguide Grating)에서의 삽입손실은 2.503이하, 누화율은 35dB이상, 균일도는 1dB이하이며 L-band에서는 Vernier 디자인을 적용하여 ITU-T의 파장 정확도가 0.04nm이하가 되도록 제작하였다.