• 한국광학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2002

감쇠 전반사(attenuated total reflection)를 이용하여 액체의 농도 변화를 측정할 수 있는 표면 플라즈몬 공명 센서를 제작하였다. 센서의 구조는 프리즘 밑면에 금속 박막을 코팅하고 그 밑에 유전체론 접촉시킨 Kretschmann-Raether타입으로 하였고, 금속 박막으로는 센서 물질로 적합한 은(Ag) 박막을 사용하였다. 본 센서의 특성은 일반적으로 금속 박막의 두께에 영향을 받는데, 이론적 분석을 통하여 은 박막의 경우 54 nm의 두께에서 매우 좋은 특성을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다. 물과 에탄올을 혼합한 용액에서 에탄올의 농도를 변화시켜 가며 이에 따른 보면 플라즈몬 공명 각을 측정하였고, 표면 플라즈몬 공명 각의 변화로부터 혼합 용액의 농도 변화를 구하였다. 에탄올의 농도가 증가하여 50% 질량비 가지 변하는 구간에서 SPR센서가 매우 좋은 특성을 보였으며, 에탄올의 농도 변화를 3$\times$$10^{-2}$ % 질량비 가지 측정할 수 있었다. 또한 물과 에탄올을 혼합한 용액의 굴절률이 용액의 농도 변화에 따라 비선형적으로 변함을 관측하였으며, 물과 에탄을 혼합 용액의 농도에 따른 밀도 변화를 이용해 굴절률 변화의 비선형적 경향을 설명할 수 있었다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.841-846
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• 2014

This study proposes a novel optical sensor structure based on a refractometer combining a bend waveguide with an air trench. The optical sensor is a $1{\times}2$ splitter structure with a reference channel and a sensing channel. The reference channel has a straight waveguide. The sensing channel consists of a U-bend waveguide connecting four C-bends, and a trench structure to partially expose the core layer. The U-bend waveguide consists of one C-bend with the maximum optical loss and three C-bends with minimum losses. A trench provides a quantitative measurement environment and is aligned with the sidewall of the C-bend having the maximum loss. The intensity of the output power depends on the change in the refractive index of the measured material. The insertion loss of the proposed optical sensor changes from 3.7 dB to 59.1 dB when the refractive index changes from 1.3852 to 1.4452.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.199-203
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• 2019

The characteristics of a photonic crystal fiber sensor with reuleaux triangle are studied by using the finite element method. The wavelength sensitivity of the designed optical fiber sensor is related to the arc radius of the reuleaux triangle. Whether the core area is solid or liquid as well as the refractive index of the liquid core contributes to wavelength sensitivity. The simulation results show that larger arc radius leads to higher sensitivity. The sensitivity can be improved by introducing a liquid core, and higher wavelength sensitivity can be achieved with a lower refractive index liquid core. In addition, the specific channel plated with gold film is polished and then analyte is deposited on the film surface, in which case the position of the resonance peak is the same as that of the complete photonic crystal fiber with three analyte channels being filled with analyte. This means that filling process becomes convenient with equivalent performance of designed sensor. The maximum wavelength sensitivity of the sensor is 10200 nm/RIU and the resolution is $9.8{\times}10^{-6}RIU$.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.739-744
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• 2006

In this paper, we report numerically calculated results of testing a temperature-insensitive refractive sensor based on a planar-type long-period waveguide grating (LPWG). The LPWG consists of properly chosen polymer materials with an optimized thermo-optic coefficient for the core layer in a four-layer waveguide structure. The resonant wavelength shift below the spectral resolution of the conventional optical spectrum analyzer is obtained accurately over a temperature change of ${\pm}7.5^{\circ}C$ even without any temperature control. The refractive index sensitivity of the proposed grating scheme is about 0.004 per resonant wavelength shift of 0.1 nm for an optimized thermo-optic coefficient.

• 센서학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2015

The V-grooved single-mode fiber in which a surface part of the core was removed was investigated as a quasi-distributed water detection sensor. In the normal state, the V-grooved region is filled and covered with a specific RI (Refractive Index)-matched medium, and the sensor experiences minimal optical loss. As water invades the V-grooved region, the material is dissolved and removed, and a considerable optical loss occurs owing to the large RI difference between the fiber core and water. The experimental results showed the feasibility of the device as a sensor element of the quasi-distributed water detection sensor system based on general optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR).

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.163-168
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 화학적 감지 및 바이오 감지를 위한 새로운 플랫폼을 제시하였다. 작동 원리는 광 방향성 결합기(DC)와 다중 모드 간섭 결합기 (MMI)의 결합효율과 간섭특성에 기반한다. 또한, 실리콘 기판에 통합할 수 있도록 평면 기술을 사용하여 실현하였다. 먼저, DC와 MMIC의 분산곡선을 설명하고, 도파관 감도를 증가시키기 위한 최적화된 슬롯 광 도파관의 설계 사양을 선택하였다. 다음으로, 감지 분석물의 굴절률 변화에 대한 센서 응답을 수치해석 하였다. 수치해석 결과, 분석 물질의 굴절률 단위 (RIU) 변화당 높은 유효 지수 변화가 얻어졌으며, 그 감도는 DC 및 MMIC 설계 기법을 사용하여 조정할 수 있음을 보여주었다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.152-156
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• 2008

This paper reports a fiber-optic temperature sensor using a single mode fused fiber coupler incorporating a thermo-optic external medium. The spectral transmission was altered by changing the refractive index of the external thermo-optic medium. A theoretical and experimental investigation was carried out with the aim of achieving high sensitivity. The measured sensitivity for the environmental temperature was as high as -1.5 $nm/^{\circ}C$.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.190-194
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 측면연마 된 광섬유 브래그 격자를 측면 연마하고 폴리머 상부층(overlay)를 형성시켜 외부 굴절률과 온도를 동시 측정할 수 있는 광섬유 센서 소자를 제안하였다. 외부굴절률 변화에 민감하지 않는 광섬유 브래그 격자를 이용하여 온도를 측정하고 격자를 측면 연마한 후 폴리머 코팅에 의해 소산장 결합을 유도하여 외부 굴절률 변화를 측정하게 된다. 측면 연마된 광섬유 브래그 격자의 온도 민감도는 0.01 nm/oC로 측정되었고 폴리머 상부층의 온도 민감도는 -0.58 nm/oC로 측정되었고 선형구간 별(1.33-1.39, 1.39-1.42, 1.42-1.44) 굴절률 민감도는 498.8 nm/RIU, 694.9 nm/RIU, 1312 nm/RIU로 측정되었다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.402-407
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• 2017

Characteristics of various material surface plasmon resonance (SPR) chips were investigated in angular interrogation mode and intensity interrogation mode. Among five metals, silver (Ag), gold (Au), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr) and titanium (Ti), three metals, Ag, Au and Cu were paid attention to since their characteristics can be easily analyzed in angular interrogation mode by investigating the change of their reflectance curves according to refractive index change from 1.331 to 1.335. Most of SPR chips with various configurations showed the similar property in angular interrogation mode. The application of the SPR chip made of Ag, Au and Cu or their combinations depends on their reflectance properties. In intensity interrogation mode, the operation range may be limited since the variation of the intensity was not linearly related to refractive index change ranging from 1.331 to 1.335. However, the SPR chip containing high ratio of Ag may be applicable to high sensitive detection due to their sharp reflectance curves in intensity interrogation mode.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.252-259
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• 2022

In this paper, a dual-function dynamically tunable metamaterial absorber is proposed. At frequency points of 1.545 THz and 3.21 THz, two resonance peaks with absorption amplitude of 93.8% (peak I) and 99.4% (peak II) can be achieved. By regulating the conductivity of photosensitive silicon with a pump laser, the resonance frequency of peak I switches to 1.525 THz, and that of peak II switches to 2.79 THz. By adjusting the incident polarization angle by rotating the device, absorption amplitude tuning is obtained. By introducing two degrees of regulation freedom, the absorption amplitude modulation and resonant frequency switching are simultaneously realized. More importantly, dynamic and continuous adjustment of the absorption amplitude is obtained at a fixed resonant frequency, and the modulation depth reaches 100% for both peaks. In addition, the sensing property of the proposed MMA was studied while it was used as a refractive index sensor. Compared with other results reported, our device not only has a dual-function tunable characteristic and the highest modulation depth, but also simultaneously possesses fine sensing performance.