• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권12호
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• pp.2208-2213
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• 2007

In this study we have developed a hyperspectrum imaging system for highly sensitive and effective imaging analysis. An optical setup was designed using acoustic optical tunable filter (AOTF) for high sensitive hyperspectrum imaging. Light emitted by mercury lamp gets split in to diffracted and undiffracted beams while passing though AOTF. GFP transfected HEK-293 cell line was used as a model for in vitro imaging analysis. Cells were first, analyzed by fluorescence microscope followed by flow cytometric analysis. Flow cytometric analysis showed 66.31% transfection yield in GFP transfected HEK-293 cells. Various images of GFP transfected HEK-293 cell were grabbed by collecting the diffracted light using a CCD over a dynamic range of frequency of 129-171 MHz with an interval of 3 MHz. Subsequently, for in vivo image analysis of GFP transfected cells in mouse, a whole-body-imaging system was constructed. The blue light of 488 nm wavelength was obtained from a Xenon arc lamp using an appropriate filter and transmitted through an optical cable to a ring illuminator. To check the efficacy of the newly developed whole-body-imaging system, a comparative imaging analysis was performed on a normal mouse in presence and absence of Xenon arc irradiation. The developed hyperspectrum imaging analysis with AOTF showed the highest intensity of green fluorescent protein at 153 MHz of frequency and 494 nm of wavelength. However, the fluorescence intensity remained same as that of the background below 138 MHz (475 nm) and above 162 MHz (532 nm). The mouse images captured using the constructed whole-body-imaging system appeared monochromatic in absence of Xenon arc irradiation and blue when irradiated with Xenon arc lamp. Nevertheless, in either case mouse images appeared clearly.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 음향광학 파장선택 필터(acousto-optic tunable filter) 기반의 파장훑음 레이저(wavelength swept laser)를 이용한 시간-인코딩 근적외선 분광 기술(time-encoded near-infrared spectroscopy)을 제안하였다. 파장훑음 레이저는 800 nm 근처 영역에서 이득 스펙트럼을 가지는 반도체 광 증폭기(semiconductor optical amplifier)를 기반으로 제작되었으며, 음향광학 파장선택 필터를 공진기 내부에 삽입함으로써 음향광학 파장선택 필터에 인가되는 전기적 라디오주파수에 따라 출력 파장을 선택할 수 있도록 하였다. 본 연구에서는 종래의 기술인 백색광 분광기 기반의 검출부 분광 근적외선 분광 기술과 제안된 파장훑음 레이저 기반의 광원부 분광 근적외선 분광 기술을 각각 이용하여 근적외선 흡수 염료 샘플의 흡광도를 각기 측정하여 실험적으로 비교함으로써 본 연구에서 제안하는 음향광학 파장선택 필터 기반 파장훑음 레이저를 이용한 근적외선 분광 기술의 특성을 증명하였다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.293-299
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• 2011

In this study, we demonstrated Fourier-domain/swept-source optical coherence tomography (FD/SS-OCT) at a center wavelength of 800 nm for in vivo human retinal imaging. A wavelength-swept source was constructed with a semiconductor optical amplifier, a fiber Fabry-Perot tunable filter, isolators, and a fiber coupler in a ring cavity. Our swept source produced a laser output with a tuning range of 42 nm (779 to 821 nm) and an average power of 3.9 mW. The wavelength-swept speed in this configuration with bidirectionality is 2,000 axial scans per second. In addition, we suggested a modified zero-crossing method to achieve equal sample spacing in the wavenumber (k) domain and to increase the image depth range. FD/SS-OCT has a sensitivity of ~89.7 dB and an axial resolution of 10.4 ${\mu}m$ in air. When a retinal image with 2,000 A-lines/frame is obtained, an acquisition speed of 2.0 fps is achieved.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.401-405
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 $250{\mu}m$ 직경의 황동선을 주기적으로 배열하여 기계적으로 형성한 장주기 광섬유 격자를 제안하였으며 전류제어로 파장가변 기능을 구현하였다. 광섬유 클래딩을 감싸고 있는 물질의 굴절률 변화가 공진파장의 함수임을 이용하여 클래딩 주위에 도포된 물질의 열 광학 계수가 금속선에 인가된 전력에 의해 제어되도록 함으로서 파장가변을 유도하였으며 주어진 파장 영역내에서 인가전력에 대한 공진파장의 가변 정도를 조사하였다. 글리세린의 열광학 효과를 이용한 경우 20 W 인가전력에 대하여 $LP_{03}$ 모드는 14nm, $LP_{04}$ 모드는 48 nm 정도의 파장가변이 가능함을 확인하였고, 단일모드 광섬유에 대한 기하 광학적 근사방법을 적용하여 해석한 결과와 잘 일치함을 보였다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.69-80
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• 2020

A Rayleigh Lidar used for wind detection works by transmitting laser pulses to the atmosphere and receiving backscattering signals from molecules. Because of the weak backscattering signals, a lidar usually uses a high sensitivity photomultiplier as detector and photon counting technology for signal collection. The capturing of returned extremely weak backscattering signals requires the lidar to work on dark background with a long time accumulation to get high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Because of the strong solar background during the day, the SNR of lidar during daytime is much lower than that during nighttime, the altitude and accuracy of detection are also restricted greatly. Therefore this article describes an ultra-narrow bandwidth filter (UNBF) that has been developed on 354.7 nm wavelength of laser. The UNBF is used for suppressing the strong solar background that degrades the performance of Rayleigh wind lidar during daytime. The optical structure of UNBF consists of an interference filter (IF), a low resolution Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) and a high resolution FPI. The parameters of each optical component of the UNBF are presented in this article. The transmission curve of the aligned UNBF is measured with a tunable laser. Contrasting the result of with-UNBF and with-IF shows that the solar background received by a Licel transient recorder decreases by 50~100 times and that the SNR with-UNBF was improved by 3 times in the altitude range (35 km to 40 km) compared to with-IF at 10:26 to 10:38 on August 29, 2018. By the SNR comparison at four different times of one day, the ratio-values are larger than 1 over the altitude range (25~50 km) in general, the results illustrate that the SNR with-UNBF is better than that with-IF for Rayleigh Lidar during daytime and they demonstrate the effective improvements of solar background restriction of UNBF.