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Nonlinear Optical Fibers for Electro-optic Applications

  • Han, Won-Taek;Kim, Bok-Hyeon
    • Ceramist
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.15-27
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    • 2007
  • Fabrication and electro-optic applications of glass optical fibers were reviewed. Theoretical description on the electro-optic Kerr effect in glass optical fibers, particularly for the second-order optical nonlinearity was given. Fabrication procedure and the characterization of the nonlinear electro-optic fibers with internal electrodes were described. Several electro-optic devices based on the polarimetric cells made by the nonlinear optical fibers with internal electrodes were also discussed with the experimental results on the electro-optic effect.

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Integrated-Optic Polarization Controlling Devices Using Electro-Optic Polymers

  • Oh, Min-Cheol;Hwang, Wol-Yon;Kim, Jang-Joo
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.287-299
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    • 1997
  • Integrated-optic polarization controlling devices such as polarizers, polarization splitters, and polarization converters, are proposed and demonstrated in nonlinear optic polymers. Poling-induced birefringence in electro-optic polymers is exploited to fabricate the devices. The polymeric waveguide polarizers show low excess losses, and extinction ratios of 20.7 dB and 17.1 dB for TM-pass and TE-pass polarizers, respectively. The polymeric waveguide polarization splitters exhibit TE-TM mode splittings with crosstalk of 14.2 dB and 10.1 dB for TM and TE mode splittings, respectively. The polymeric waveguide polarization converters show successful TE/TM polarization mode conversion with conversion efficiencies of higher than 30 dB. The device employs poling-induced waveguides which have slowly rotating azimuth angle of optic axis along the light propagation direction. The novel polarization converter is insensitive to wavelength and easier to fabricate than the other polarization converters containing periodic structures.

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Simple polarimetric method for electro-optic coefficients

  • Kim, S.Y.;Lee, M.W.;Won, Y.H.;Kim, Y.K.;Lee, H.G.
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 1999
  • A simple technique to measure electro-optic coefficients has been developed. It is based on rotating analyzer polarimetry. With a coaxial configuration of the optically active polarizing devices, the synchronously digitized signals are Fourier analyzed to quantitatively determine the elliptical polarization of light and, hence, the electric field induced birefringence. This technique has the advantage that it does not require waveguiding, and since it is improved from the crossed polarizer method it measures the phase retardation directly. It has been applied for the precise determination of electro-optic coefficients of uniaxial LiNbO3 single crystals. The excellent agreeement with reported values confirms its usefulness toward accurate characterization of electro-optic coefficients of unknown specimens.

Thin Film Magneto-Optic Materials

  • Kim, You-Song
    • Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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    • 1997.06a
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    • pp.121-124
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    • 1997
  • Emergence of advanced materials has been realized by the great demands for sophisticated state devices in high technology industry. It is the ear of speedy evolution of science and technology, in particular, materials processing technology, which enables us to synthesize any materials with respect to its purity and its perfection of crystal structure and shape (form) that have, heretofore not been available. The availability of ultra pure, fine raw materials, single crystals and thick/thin film materials has been largely responsible for such startling progresses that have been made in the realization of unforeseen, functional devices for high technology industry. Of the functional devices such as passive as active devices, non-silicon devices are mostly passive. Piezoelectric, electro-optic, magneto-optic devices, etc. are some of the examples. In this paper, magneto-optic materials for Faraday device, which is little known, are reviewed including its processing toward practical applications.

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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.

UV 경화성 단분자를 이용한 콜레스트릭 액정의 상 안정화 온도에 따른 전기 광학적 특성에 관한 연구

  • Gang, Byeong-Gyun;Kim, Mi-Yeong;Kim, Min-Su;Kim, Mi-Gyeong;Lee, Seung-Hui
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2009.11a
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    • pp.190-190
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    • 2009
  • Liquid crystals (LCs) which utilize the phase above blue phase temperature range are also known to format the optically nanostructured composites devices based on Kerr effect these days. We report electro-optical characteristics of the polymer-stabilized cholestric LCs by using UV curable monomers at the different temperatures such as blue phase temperature range, blue phase-isotropic transition temperature, and isotropic temperature range. The devices exhibit different electro-optic characteristics.

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Electro-Optic Devices Based on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composite Films

  • Park, Jae-Hong;Kim, Sung-Jin;Lee, Won-Je;Kim, Jae-Hoon;Lee, Sin-Doo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.910-913
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    • 2002
  • We have achieved an improved stability of an analog electro-optic effect in FLC/polymer composite films. The optimization of device depends on both the composition of the FLC/polymer mixture and the energy of UV irradiation. This device exhibits continuous gray scales and the mechanical stability against external forces.

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Optical Bistability and Multistability Using Electro-Optic Feedback (전기 광학적 궤환을 이용한 광 쌍안정성과 다 안정성)

  • Lee, Chang-Hee;Cho, Kun-Ho;Shin, Sang-Yung;Lee, Soo-Young
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1987.07a
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    • pp.64-67
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    • 1987
  • We demonstrate the optical bistability and multistability using light emitting devices, a photodetector, and transistors under the positive electro optic feedback. Its operating principle and high speed operation Scheme are also described.

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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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A Study on Ti:LiNbO3 Integrated Optical Wavelength Tunable Polarization Mode Controllers (Ti:LiNbO3 집적광학형 파장가변 편광모드 조절기에 관한 연구)

  • Moon, Je-Young;Jung, Hong-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.376-383
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    • 2005
  • We designed and fabricated integrated-optic tunable polarization controllers based on $LiNbO_3$ with the Ti-indiffused waveguide along the y-axis utilizing the electro-optic effect. The device consists of $TE↔TM$ mode converters and TE/TM phase shifters. We analyzed the operation principles of each device utilizing transfer matrices based on a Jones matrix and simulated shifting of the center wavelength by inducing voltage. We confirmed experimentally that the fabricated devices control the tunability of the center wavelength and the input SOP.