• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.357-362
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• 2015

We examine the principle of a modified Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) technique to measure the free spectral range of a Fabry-Perot etalon (FPE). The FPE's periodic transmission of phase-modulated light allows us to adopt a sampling theorem to develop a new relationship for the PDH error signal. This leads us to find the key parameters governing the measurement accuracy: the phase modulation index ${\beta}$ and the FPE finesse. Without any additional complexity for background noise reduction, we achieve a measurement accuracy of 0.5 ppm. The improvement is mainly attributed to the wide-band phase modulation approaching ${\beta}=10$, and partly to the use of both reflected and transmitted light from the FPE and good FPE finesse.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2014

We report stable, wideband, flat-topped, 10 GHz optical frequency comb generation from a semiconductor-based mode-locked ring laser with an intra-cavity high finesse Fabry-Perot etalon. We demonstrate a stable 10 GHz comb with greater than 200 lines within a spectral power variation below 1 dB, which is the largest value obtained from a similar mode-locked laser in our knowledge. Greater than 20 dB of the spectral peak to deep ratio at 0.02 nm resolution, ~92 femtosecond timing jitter over 1 kHz to 1 MHz range, and non-averaged time traces of pulses confirm very stable optical frequency comb lines.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.104-107
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• 2004

The periodic transmission spectrum of a solid etalon for wide-band capability is analyzed both theoretically and experimentally. In the transmission spectrum with an incident area of a photodetector, the peak wavelength and transmittance are deeply dependent on the incident angle and the divergence angle of the input laser beam. A thermal adjustment for a solid etalon is an optional way to control the transmission spectrum instead of the inefficient fine-angle alignment. In the result, we present the deviations of free spectral range (FSR) by the change in angle and temperature over wide wavelength range.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.299-304
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• 2012

A high angular tolerance spectral filter was realized incorporating an etalon, which consists of a $TiO_2$ cavity sandwiched between a pair of Ag/Ge mirrors. The effective angle was substantially extended thanks to the cavity's high refractive index. The device was created by embedding a 313-nm thick $TiO_2$ film in 16-nm thick Ag/Ge films through sputtering, with the Ge layer alleviating the roughness and adhesion of the Ag layer. For normal incidence, the observed center wavelength and transmission were ~900 nm and ~60%, respectively; throughout the range of $50^{\circ}$, the relative wavelength shift and transmission variation amounted to only ~0.06 and ~4%, respectively.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.481-485
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• 2013

A method for the measurement of the concentration of methane is experimentally demonstrated. The wavelength filter and gas cell are combined by using one Fabry-Perot etalon, which is filmed with the reflectivity of 96%. The optical broadband source is not only filtered to match the absorption wavelength of methane, but also absorbed by the methane in the same Fabry-Perot etalon. The concentration of the methane can be detected directly by measuring the transmission intensity. Compared with the conventional method, the proposed method possesses low costand high stability.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제29A권3호
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• pp.41-46
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• 1992

In this paper we report how to design integrated-mirror etalons for surface-emitting lasers and photonic switching without time-consuming numerical calculation. It consists of the following two-step process (step 1) find the minimum reflectance to achieve the maximum allowable linewidth. (step 2) find the number of the quarter-wave layers in each mirror to realize the reflectance given by step 1. The condition for maximum transmission in an integrated- mirror etalon is also derived. Under this condition we can achieve the required linewidth with the minimum number of quarterwave layers.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.793-801
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• 1993

본 논문에서 우리는 외부공진기 내에 고 피네스 훼브리 페롯(F-P) 에탈론을 삽입시킴으로서 외부공진기 레이저의 주파수 잠김 및 주파수 잡음축소 등의 성능특성을 크게 개선시킬 수 있음을 이론적으로 보였다. 예를들면, 피네스가 30이고 광학적 두께가 1.5cm 인 F-P 에탈론은 3cm 길이의 외부공진기 내에 삽입한 경우, 동일한 조건에서 동작하는 종래의 외부공진기 레이저보다 7.6배의 주파수 잠김 정확도와 86배에 이르는 레이저 선폭 축소 특성의 개선 효과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.466-470
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• 1997

광학 다층박막 증착법으로 비정질 $As_2S_3$를 중간층으로 하고 앞뒷면 거울의 반사율을 다르게 한 비대칭 Fabry-Perot 에탈론을 구성하고 광의 편광에 따른 광쌍안정 현상을 관찰하였다. 사용된 중간층의 광학적 두께는 광원인 $Ar^+$($\lambda $=514.5 nm) 레이저 광에 대하여 2$\lambda$가 되도록 하였다.$Ar^+$레이저의 출력이 80~100 mW일 때 광쌍안정 현상이 관측되었고, 입사되는 광의 각 편광상태에 따라 반사와 투과하는 광의 경향이 서로 다름을 알 수 있었으며, 이는 광의 편광에 따른 비대칭 Fabry-Perot 에탈론내에서의 위상차가 입사광의 세기에 따라 다르기 때문인 것으로 해석되어질 수 있다.

• 자연과학논문집
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• 제1권
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• pp.1-6
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• 1987

공진기 안에 Ge 에탈론을 넣은 TEA $CO_2$ 레이저에서 다중 전이선이 발진할 때 발진전이선 사이에서 시간 지연이 생겼다. 이때 생긴 지연효과를 좀 더 정확히 보기 위해 에탈론 대신 한 쪽은 40 % 반사율을 가지고 또 다른 한 쪽은 투과되도록 코팅된 ZnSe반반사 거울을 넣었다. 이때 출력거울의 각도를 조금씩 틀어줌에 따라 두 전이선이 발진할 때 발진시간을 조절할 수 있었고 출력의 세기도 조절할 수 있었다. 이 결과는 높은 최대출력과 짧은 레이저 출력시간을 얻기 위해서 다중전이선을 발진시킬 때에는 출력전이선들끼리의 이득경쟁효과가 비슷하여 서로 비슷한 세기의 출력을 가져야만 된다는 것을 보여준다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.269-277
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• 2013

In this study, we present results of precise orbital geodetic parameter estimation using satellite laser ranging (SLR) observations for the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) associate analysis center (AAC). Using normal point observations of LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, and ETALON-2 in SLR consolidated laser ranging data format, the NASA/GSFC GEODYN II and SOLVE software programs were utilized for precise orbit determination (POD) and finding solutions of a terrestrial reference frame (TRF) and Earth orientation parameters (EOPs). For POD, a weekly-based orbit determination strategy was employed to process SLR observations taken from 20 weeks in 2013. For solutions of TRF and EOPs, loosely constrained scheme was used to integrate POD results of four geodetic SLR satellites. The coordinates of 11 ILRS core sites were determined and daily polar motion and polar motion rates were estimated. The root mean square (RMS) value of post-fit residuals was used for orbit quality assessment, and both the stability of TRF and the precision of EOPs by external comparison were analyzed for verification of our solutions. Results of post-fit residuals show that the RMS of the orbits of LAGEOS-1 and LAGEOS-2 are 1.20 and 1.12 cm, and those of ETALON-1 and ETALON-2 are 1.02 and 1.11 cm, respectively. The stability analysis of TRF shows that the mean value of 3D stability of the coordinates of 11 ILRS core sites is 7.0 mm. An external comparison, with respect to International Earth rotation and Reference systems Service (IERS) 08 C04 results, shows that standard deviations of polar motion $X_P$ and $Y_P$ are 0.754 milliarcseconds (mas) and 0.576 mas, respectively. Our results of precise orbital and geodetic parameter estimation are reasonable and help advance research at ILRS AAC.