• 센서학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2021

Numerical analysis was performed using FIMMWAVE to optimize the specifications of Si₃N₄/SiO₂ slot and ridge-slot optical waveguides based on confinement factor and effective mode area. The optimized specifications were confirmed based on sensitivity in terms of the refractive index of the analyte. The specifications of the slot optical waveguide, i.e., the width of the slot and the width and height of the rails, were optimized to 0.2 ㎛, 0.46 ㎛, and 0.5 ㎛ respectively. When the wavelength was 1.55 ㎛ and the refractive index of the slot was 1.3, the confinement factor and effective mode area of 0.2024 and 2.04 ㎛², respectively, were obtained based on the optimized specifications. The thickness of the ridge and the refractive index of the slot were set to 0.04 ㎛ and 1.1, respectively, to optimize the ridge-slot optical waveguide, and the confinement factor and effective mode area were calculated as 0.1393 and 2.90 ㎛², respectively. When the confinement coefficient and detection degree of the two structures were compared in the range of 1 to 1.3 of the analyte index, it was observed that the confinement coefficient and sensitivity were higher in the ridge-slot optical waveguide in the region with a refractive index less than 1.133, but the reverse situation occurred in the other region. Therefore, in the implementation of the integrated optical biochemical sensor, it is possible to propose a selection criterion for the two parameters depending on the value of the refractive index of the analyte.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.234-239
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• 2009

This paper presents a theoretical and experimental investigation of the transmission and sensing characteristics of the biconically tapered cladded multimode fibers. The beam propagation method was used to examine the transmission characteristics with various structural parameters. The results show that the transmission of the biconically tapered cladded multimode fibers is sensitive to the mode of the input optical beam and the refractive index of the external medium. A refractive index sensor for the external medium was proposed based on the theoretical analysis, and its feasibility was demonstrated experimentally.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.378-391
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• 2002

A 250mm stroke aerostatic stage, which detects position with laser scale and is driven by linear motor, is made and analyzed positioning error in 20$\pm$ 0.5 $^{\circ}C$ controlled atmosphere, aiming at investigating positioning characteristic of ultra-precision stage. We prove this aerostatic stage has a 10nm micro step resolution by experiment. By means of analyzing laser interferometer system, the scale of measuring error is about 0.2-0.4$\mu\textrm{m}$ according to refractive index error from missing the temperature change. To improve laser interferometer system, compensate refractive index error using measuring data from thermocouple. And, confirm 0.10$\mu\textrm{m}$ repeatability and 0.13 $\mu\textrm{m}$ positioning accuracy using the compensating refractive index. Also, we confirm 0.07 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ repeatability of the stage using capacitive displacement sensor.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.157-162
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• 2023

격자 구조형 스트립 방향성 결합기를 기반으로 한 고 민감도 굴절률 bio-sensor를 제안하였다. 그 센서는 도파관 중 하나의 상단 층에 격자 구조가 구성된, 두 개의 비대칭 스트립 도파관을 사용하여 설계하였다. 위상정합 조건을 만족하는 공진 파장에서 한 도파관으로부터 다른 도파관으로 최대 광 결합이 발생하며, 도파관 표면 영역에 놓인 분석물질의 굴절률 변화에 따른 위상정합 조건의 변화가 민감도를 측정하는 척도로 사용될 수 있음을 보여주었다. 제안된 센서는 높은 굴절률 민감도를 가진 on-chip 장치로 설계될 수 있으며, 낮은 전파 손실을 제공하여 민감도가 향상되도록 센서를 구성되었다. 더욱이, 도파관 파라미터에 따른 민감도 변화가 센서의 설계 최적화를 위하여 분석되었다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.37-41
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• 2005

The curing of thermoset resin is accompanied with the changes in chemical and physical properties. The cure monitoring techniques can be designed by tracing these property changes. This paper presents the cure monitoring technique with fiber optic sensors to detect the change of refractive index during the polymerization process of engineering epoxy resin. The fiber optic sensor system was developed to measure the reflection coefficient at the interface between the fiber optic and the resin. The correlation between the sensor output and the degree of cure was performed following Lorentz-Lorenz law. The isothermal data from the sensors are compared with the data from differential scanning calorimeter.

• 센서학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2013

We proposed and demonstrated a fiber optic sensor for detecting the thermo-optic coefficient of a liquid, based on a cascade of two different FBGs. One of the two FBGs was etched, and its cladding was removed, for evanescent wave coupling with an external liquid. The Bragg wavelength of the non-etched FBG was used as a reference for the temperature of the surrounding liquid. The refractive index (RI) and thermo-optic (T-O) coefficient of a liquid can be detected from the difference between the Bragg wavelengths of the two FBGs, and the variation of the difference in accordance with temperature.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2008

This paper reports a side-coupled asymmetric $1{\times}2$ plastic optical fiber coupler for an optical sensor system. The dependence of the optical power coupling ratio on the coupling angle and refractive index of the adhesion layer in both the forward and backward directions was examined based on the geometrical optics. It was confirmed experimentally that the coupling ratios can be optimized by controlling the coupling angle and refractive index of the adhesion layer. A maximum forward coupling efficiency > 93% was achieved.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2021

In this paper, the sensing characteristics of a double cladding fiber (DCF) long-period fiber grating (LPFG) to the surrounding refractive index (SRI) are studied. The outer cladding of the DCF plays the role of the overlay, thus, the mode transition (MT) phenomenon of DCF can be induced by etching the outer cladding radius instead of coating overlays. The response characteristics of the effective refractive index (ERI) of the cladding mode to the outer cladding radius are analyzed. It is found that in the MT range, the change rate of ERIs of cladding modes is relatively larger than that for other ranges. Further, based on the features of the mode transition region (MTR), the phase-matching curve of the 11^th cladding mode is investigated, and the response of the DCF-LPFG to the SRI is characterized by the change of wavelength intervals between the dual peaks under different outer cladding radii. The numerical simulation results show that the SRI sensitivity is greatly improved, which is available to 3484.0 nm/RIU with the fitting degree 0.998 in the SRI range of 1.33-1.37. The proposed DCF-LPFG can provide new theoretical support for designing the DCF-LPFG refractive index sensor with excellent performances of sensitivity, linearity and structure.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.127-131
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 굴절률 감지 방식의 수직 결합형 폴리머 마이크로링 공진기 기반 글루코스 바이오 센서를 제안하고 구현하였다. 이 센서에서 상부 클래딩 역할을 하는 글루코스 분석 대상물의 농도 변화는 링 공진기의 공진파장 이동을 측정함으로써 얻어진다. 특히, 센서의 감도를 향상시키기 위해 다음과 같은 방법을 사용하였다. 첫째로, 분석 대상물에 근접한 유효굴절률을 갖는 폴리머 도파로 구조를 공진기 센서에 도입하였다. 둘째로, 분석 물질의 접촉면적을 확대하기 위해 측면 클래딩층이 충분히 식각된 pedestal 링 도파로 구조를 사용하였다. 제안된 공진기 센서는 빔전파 방법을 사용하여 설계하고 분석하였다. 사용된 코어 및 클래딩용 폴리머의 굴절률은 각각 1.430과 1.375였으며, 링 반경은 $400\;{\mu}m$였다. 이 때 얻어진 도파로의 유효굴절률은 ${\sim}1.390$였으며 글루코스 수용액의 굴절률 1.333와 매우 근접하였다. 제작된 소자의 기본적인 전달특성은 FSR(free spectral range) 0.66 nm, 대역폭 ${\sim}0.15\;nm$, Q 값 10,000 이었다. 1550 nm 광파장 대역에서 얻어진 측정 결과를 살펴보면, 센서 감도는 ${\sim}0.28\;pm$/(mg/dL)였으며, 이에 따른 굴절률 변화 감도는 ${\sim}200\;nm/RIU$였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.172-179
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• 2020

We studied an integrated-optic biosensor configuration that operates at a wavelength of 0.63 ㎛ based on the evanescent-wave and two horizontal mode power coupling of Si₃N₄ rib-optical waveguides formed on a Si/SiO₂/Si₃N₄/SiO₂ multilayer thin films. The sensor consists of a single-mode input waveguide, followed by a two-mode section which acts as the sensing region, and a Y-branch output for separating the two output waveguides. The coupling between the two propagating modes in the sensing region produces a periodically repeated optical power exchanges along the propagation. A light power was steered from one output channel to the other due to the change in the cladding layer (bio-material) refractive index, which affected the effective refractive index (phase-shift) of two modes through evanescent-wave. Waveguide analyses based on the rib optical waveguide dimensions were performed using various numerical computational software. Sensitivity values of 12~23 and 65~165 au/RIU, respectively for the width and length of 4 ㎛, and 3841.46 and 26250 ㎛ of the two-mode region corresponding to the refractive index range 1.36~1.43 and 1.398~1.41, respectively, were obtained.