• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.406-413
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• 2014

An optical true-time delay beam-forming system using a tunable dispersion compensating module (DCM) for dense-wavelength division modulation (DWDM) and a multiwavelength fiber ring laser for a phased array antenna is proposed. The multiwavelength fiber ring laser has one output that includes four wavelengths; and four outputs that include only single-wavelength. The advantage of such a multiwavelength fiber ring laser is that it minimizes the number of devices in the phased array antenna system. The time delays according to wavelengths, which are assigned for each antenna element, are obtained from the tunable DCM. The tunable DCM based on a temperature adjustable Fabry-Perot etalon is used. As an experimental result, a DCM could be used to obtain the change of the beam angle by adjusting the dispersion value of the DCM at the fixed lasing wavelengths of the fiber ring laser in the proposed optical true-time delay.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.146-149
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• 2014

The homogeneous line broadening in EDF leads to unstable lasing and strong mode competition. In this paper a multiwavelength fiber ring laser that overcomes these effects by using variable attenuators between the DWDM and $1{\times}N$ coupler, has been proposed. Fiber ring lasers with four and eight wavelength outputs are implemented, and we show that the output powers can be adjusted with stable operation. The EDF ring laser has one four-wavelength output and four of single wavelengths, with OSNR of 50 and 60 dB respectively.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.99-102
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• 2005

광섬유 링 레이저의 출력파장 가변을 위해서 신뢰성있는 새로운 스트레인 인가장치를 제작하고 이 장치를 이용하여 파장가변 광섬유 링 레이저를 구현하였다. 제작된 광섬유 링 레이저의 출력파워는 -12 dBm이었으며, 선폭은 0.05 nm이었다. 새로운 스트레인 인가장치를 이용하여 광섬유에 8000 $\mu$ strain을 인가하였을 때 광섬유 링 레이저의 출력파장은 약 10 nm 가변되는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.146-151
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• 2009

A Gaussian beam of single mode fiber laser was changed into a ring-shaped pattern after it was transmitted through the hollow optical fiber. The ring-shaped beam was focused on a plane by an f-. lens and it was scanned by a Galvano-mirror. The spatial profile of laser energy incident on a plane had two peaks at both sides of the scanned linear track. The profile was compared with the result obtained when the Gaussian beam was dithered transversely by an acousto-optic modulator. It is found that hollow optical fiber beam shaper can replace acousto-optic beam dithering device which is employed in a laser induced thermal printing system.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2010

Fiber ring laser based intra-cavity absorption spectroscopic sensor has great potential for high sensitivity gas detection. Using the rate equations and propagation equations, we investigated theoretically factors that affect the sensitivity of such fiber ring laser sensors and determined the optimal design parameters and conditions for significant enhancement of the system sensitivity. Experiments have been conducted to determine the sensitivity enhancement performance. The results showed a factor of 25 ~ 30 in sensitivity enhancement in the experimental system, agreeing well with the theoretical expectations. Experiments on acetylene detection have also been carried out and the results showed that the ring cavity significantly increases the signal absorption and that high sensitivity can be obtained for gas detection.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.386-389
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• 1996

We report on comparative results obtained from harmonically mode-locked laser operations of ring-type and figure-of-eight(F8) type erbium-doped fiber lasers by using a directional-coupler type electro-optic modulator as an active mode-locker. The mode-locked and transform-limited pulses of 10.6 ps width were obtained at harmonics of the fundamental cavity frequency with the F8 type laser while mode-locked laser pulses greater than 15 ps were achieved with the ring type laser.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2002

Using the polarization dependence of laser output powers, we measured the characteristics of the birefringence, such as the magnitude of phase retardation, the ellipticity, and the off axis angle to the fiber optical axis, inside the ring type fiber laser cavity.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권6호
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• pp.1117-1121
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• 2007

We demonstrate a wavelength swept mode-locked ring laser for the frequency domain optical coherence tomography(FD OCT). A laser is constructed by using a semiconductor optical amplifier, fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filter and 2.6 km fiber ring cavity. Mode-locking is implemented by 2.6 km fiber ring cavity for matching the fundamental or harmonic of cavity roundtrip time to a sweep period. The wavelength sweeps are repetitively generated with the repetition period of 77.2 kHz which is the parallel resonance frequency of Fabry-Perot tunable filter for the low driving current consumption of the fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filter. The wavelength tuning range of the laser is more than FWHM of 61 nm centered at the wavelength of 1320 nm and the linewidth of the source is $0.014{\pm}0.002$ nm.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.316-320
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• 2009

A novel broadband wavelength-swept Raman laser was used to implement Fourier-domain mode locked (FDML) swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Instead of a conventional semiconductor optical amplifier, this study used broadband optical fiber Raman amplification, over 50 nm centered around 1545 nm, using a multi-wavelength optical pumping scheme, which was implemented with the four laser diodes at the center wavelengths of 1425, 1435, 1455 and 1465 nm, respectively, and the maximum operating power of 150 mW each. The operating swept frequency of the laser was determined to 16.7 kHz from the FDML condition of 12 km optical fiber in the ring cavity. The OCT images were obtained using the novel broadband wavelengthswept Raman laser source.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.674-679
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 C-밴드와 L-밴드 파장(1525 nm-1625 nm)에서 파장 변화가 가능한 광섬유 링 레이저를 제작하고, 이를 이용하여 아세틸렌 분자 전이선에 대한 분광연구를 수행하였다. 제작된 광섬유 링 레이저는 공진기 내부에 FFP-TF(Fiber Fabry-Perot Tunable Filter)를 이용하여 약 102 nm(1510.4-1612.6 nm)의 범위에서 파장을 연속 가변할 수 있었다. 광섬유 링 레이저의 파장가변특성을 이용하여 C-밴드(1525-1565 nm)에서 흡수선이 많은 아세틸렌($^{13}$C$_2$H$_2$)분자에서 50개 이상의 전이선에 대하여 높은 신호대 잡음비를 갖는 흡수 스펙트럼을 측정하였다.