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X-band Microwave Photonic Filter Using Switch-based Fiber-Optic Delay Lines

  • Jung, Byung-Min
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.34-38
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    • 2018
  • An X-band microwave photonic (MWP) filter using switch-based fiber-optic delay lines has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. It is composed of two electro-optic modulators (EOMs) and $2{\times}2$ optical MEMS-switch-based fiber-optic delay lines. By changing time-delay difference and coefficients of each wavelength signal by using fiber-optic delay lines and an electro-optic modulator, respectively, a bandpass filter or a notch filter can be implemented. For an X-band MWP filter with four channel elements, fiber-optic delay lines with the unit time-delay of 50 ps have been experimentally realized and the frequency responses corresponding to the time-delays has been measured. The measured frequency response error at center frequency and the time-delay difference error were 180 MHz at 10 GHz and 3.2 ps, respectively, when the fiber-optic delay line has the time-delay difference of 50 ps.

Compact and Temperature Independent Electro-optic Switch Based on Slotted Silicon Photonic Crystal Directional Coupler

  • Aghababaeian, Hassan;Vadjed-Samiei, Mohammad-Hashem
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.282-287
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we have proposed a principle to design a compact and temperature independent electro-optic switch based on a slotted photonic crystal directional coupler (SPCDC). Infiltration of the slotted silicon photonic crystal with polymer enhances the slow light and decreases the switching length, whereas the different signs of thermo-optic coefficients of the polymer and silicon make the proposed switch stable within $25^{\circ}C$ to $85^{\circ}C$ temperature range. The SPCDC structure is modified to increase poling efficiency of the polymer in the slot and to flatten the dispersion diagram of the even mode to minimize the switching length.

Polarization-independent and wavelength-insensitive digital optical switch with electro-optic polymer rib waveguides (전기광학 폴리머 립 광도파로를 이용한 편광과 파장에 무관하게 동작하는 디지탈 광스위치)

  • 이상신;신상영
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.34D no.4
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 1997
  • An electro-optic polymer digital optical switch with rib waveguides is designed and fabricated by using the RIE method. POlarization-independent and wavelength-insensitive operation is demonstrated at the wavelengths of 1.3mm and 1.55mm, for the first time in electro-optic polymer-based devices. The rib waveguides have been designed to achieve good guiding properites for both TE and TM polarizations by controlling the etching depth as well as its aspect ratio. Especially theetching depth is controlled to change the guided mode profiles of the rib waveguide and thus to achieve an optimum coupling in the branch. The measured crosstalk is better than -16dB and the extincton ratio of each output port is greater than 16dB.

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Analysis of electro-optic polymer digital optical switch with a coupling region modified for optimum mode coupling (최적의 모드 결합을 얻기 위해 수정된 결합 영역을 갖는 전기광학 폴리머 디지탈 광스위치의 해석)

  • 이상신;신상영
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.34D no.4
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    • pp.87-93
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    • 1997
  • An electro-optic polymer digital optical switch with a coupling region modified for optimum mode coupling is proposed, and it is analyzed by using the beam propagation method combined with the effective index method. Its modified coupling region is adiabatically introduced along the propagation direction from the branching point of the two waveguides. The structure of the modified coupling region and its refractive index profiles are designed to optimize the mode coupling in the Y-branch waveguide. Therefor, the switching performance of the device may be enhanced with a fixed device length. It is confirmed from the numerical calculation that the drive voltage is reduced by more than 30 percents and te crosstalk is improved by about 8dB.

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An Improvement of Speed for Wavelength Multiplex Optical Network using Optical Micro Electro Mechanical Switches (광마이크로전자기계 스위치를 이용한 파장다중 광네트워크의 속도 재선)

  • Lee Sang-Wha;Song Hae-Sang
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.10 no.5 s.37
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    • pp.123-132
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    • 2005
  • In this Paper, we present an improvement of switch node for wavelength multiplex optical network. Currently because of quick increase of internet traffic a big network capacity is demanded. Wavelength multiplex optical network Provides the data transfer of high speed and the transparent characteristic of the data. Therefore optic network configuration is the most powerful technology in the future. It will be able to control the massive traffic from the optical network in order to transmit the multimedia information of very many quantify. Consequently the node where the traffic control is Possible, is demanded. The optical switch node which manages efficiently the multiple wavelength was Proposed. This switch is composed of a optical switch module for switching and a wavelength converter module for wavelength conversion. It will be able to compose the switch fabric without optical/electro or electro/optical conversion using optical MEMS(Micro Electro Mechanical Switches) module. Finally, we present the good test result regarding the operational qualify of the switch fabric and the performance of optical signal from the switch node. The proposed switch node of the optic network will be able to control the massive traffic with all optical.

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A study on the characteristic of Pockel cell Q-switch for Nd:YAG laser (Nd:YAG Laser를 위한 포켓셀 Q-스위치특성 연구)

  • Kim, Whi-Young
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.199-207
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    • 2009
  • The Q-switching the shutter or the different optical science element puts in within the laser light resonator and the storehouse departs from the within the resonator it loses the mortar and the reversal distribution which when is sufficient creates from within the active medium, opens the shutter instantaneously and it is to do to be made to emit with the light where the energy which is accumulated within the resonator is strong very. Like this Q-switching of laser resonator--It decreases factor increasing suddenly to make. To method of Laser Q-switching mechanical switching methods, electro-optic switching methods and switching by saturable absorber methods, acousto-optic switching method etc. 4 kind are being used on a large scale. In these people the conversion which is electric in compliance with the effect which is electrooptics is widely being used the Q-switching pulse of short pulse width because being it will be able to create. Consequently, Pockel cell where it has the quality of electrooptics effect) the Q-it is become known that it is suitable it uses with switch. From the research which it sees FET and one-chip microprocessor where it is a switching element and pulse transfomer to plan and produce pockel cell Q-switch driving gears, pulse style Nd: It applied in YAG Laser system and it investigated and researched the operating characteristic of the Q-switch. Also, the Q-switch leads and Nd where it is output: YAG with forecast in compliance with a theoretical calculation it comes to buy laser beam side politics it compared and laser beam qualities which had become Q-switching it analyzed.

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Polarization dependent 2×2 optical switch using ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) Spatial Light Modulator(SLM) (FLC SLM을 이용한 편광의존형 2×2 광스위치)

  • 김인태;유연석
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.408-413
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    • 2002
  • We demonstrated a polarization dependent type 2$\times$2 optical switch, using a binary reflection type SLM. Reflection type FLC was used as a half wave retardation plate. Two inputs were controlled by each SLM for the desired output direction. In conclusion, in the "1" state the average optical loss was 6.6 ㏈, and in the "0" state the average optical loss was 14.6 ㏈, and measured the switching speed as 75 $mutextrm{s}$. By using this method, a polarization dependent type 2$\times$2 optical switch can be demonstrated and the possibility of a 4-port WDM optical switch also verified.

A Study on the single crystal growth of the optic-grade $LiTaO_3$ as a electro-optic materials

  • Kim, B.k.;J.K. Yoon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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    • 1996.06a
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    • pp.526-526
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    • 1996
  • The single crystal of LiTaO3 is well known eletro-optic material as well as the piezoelectric one applied to SAW filter. LiTaO3 has large electro-optic effects, so applied to optical switch, acosto-optic deflector, and optical memory device using photorefractive effects. The crystal growth of SAW-grade LiTaO3 has been studied many aspects, but there is no detail research about optic-grade crystal growth. The conditions of optic-grade LiTaO3 single crystal are as below. The optical transmittance must be over 75%, and axial and radial concentratiom uniformity below 1%. The variation of Curie temperature depending on Li/Ta ratio must be also below 2$^{\circ}C$ and no internal no internal cracks and defects. Because of the limitation of crystal quality, the growing of optic-grade LiTaO3 single crystal is very difficult compared with the growing of SAW-grade. In this research, upper conditions of optic-grade single crystal was investigated after growing of 1 inch diameter and 1.5 inch length LiTaO3 single crystal having no internal cracks and defects using Czochralski method. Curie temperature was determined with DSC and measuring capacitance and lattice parameter was calculated about the grown crystal and ceramic powder samples of various Li/Ta ratio. The result of Tc variation was below 1.2$^{\circ}C$ all over the grown crystal, so it is confirmed that LiTaO3 was grown under congruent melting composition having optical homogeniety. Also, the optical transmittance was about 78%, which was sufficient for optical device.

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Automatic Off Level Biasing for Electro Optic Mach-Zehnder Modulator (전기적 외부 광변조기의 자동 오프레벨 바이어싱)

  • Yang, Choong-Reol;Ko, Je-Soo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.32 no.7A
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    • pp.672-677
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    • 2007
  • A novel method for stabilizing the bias of an Electro-Optic Mach-Zehnder modulator has been proposed and demonstrated to maximize the switching extinction ratio in burst mode packet traffic. By sampling and minimizing the off-level output power of the modulator, a high extinction optical gate switch in obtain regardless of the variation of the packet traffic density.

Off-level Sampling Method for Bias Stabilization of an Electro-Optic Mach-Zehnder Modulator (전기 광학 광변조기의 바이어스 안정화를 위한 오프 레벨 샘플링 방법)

  • 양충열;홍현하;김해근
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.25 no.1B
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    • pp.42-47
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    • 2000
  • A new method for stabilizing the bias of an Electro-Optic mach-Zehnder modulator has been developed to maximize the switching extinction ratio in burst mode packet traffic. By sampling and minimizing the off-level output power of the modulator, a high extinction optical gate switch in obtain regardless of the variation of the packet traffic density.

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