• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.421-421
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• 2006

The light and energy-efficiency of classical liquid crystal displays is notoriously poor due to the use of absorption-based linear polarisers and colour filters. For instance, the light efficiency of PVAL polarisers is typically between 40 and 45 % and the colour filters have a typical efficiency below 35 % which results in a total light and energy-efficiency of the display below 10 %. In the past, a variety of polarizers were developed with an enhanced efficiency in generating linearly polarized light. Typically, these polarizers are based on the polarisationselective reflection, scattering or refraction of light i.e. one polarisation direction of light is directly transmitted to the LCD/viewer and the other polarization direction of light is depolarised and recycled which results in a typical efficiency for generating linearly polarized light of 70-85 %. Also, special colour filters have been proposed based on chiral-nematic reactive mesogens which increase the efficiency of generating colour. Despite the enormous progress in this field, a need persists for improved methods for generating polarized light and colour based on low cost optical components with a high efficiency. Here, the use of holographic phase gratings is reported for the generation of polarized light and colour. The phase grating are recorded in a photopolymer which is coated onto a backor frontlight for LCDs. Typically the recording is performed in the transmisson mode or in the waveguiding mode and slanted phase gratings are generated with their refractive index modulation at an angle between 20o and 45o with the normal of the substrate. It is shown that phase gratings with a high refractive index modulation and a high efficiency can be generated by a proper selection of the photopolymer and illumination conditions. These phase gratings coupleout linearly polarized light with a high contrast (> 100) and the light is directed directly to the LCD/viewer without the need for redirection foils. Dependent on the type of phase grating, the different colours are coupled-out at a slightly different angle which potentially increases the efficiency of classical colour filters. Moreover, the phase gratings are completely transparent in direct view which opens the possibility to use them in frontlights for LCDs. Holographic polarization gratings posses a periodic pattern in the polarization state of light (and not in the intensity of light). A periodic pattern in the polarization direction of linearly polarized light is obtained upon interference of two circularly polarized laser beams. In the second part of the lecture, it is shown that these periodic polarization patterns can be recorded in a linear photo-polymerizable polymer (LPP) and that such an alignment layer induces a period rotation in the director of (reactive and non-reactive) liquid crystals. By a proper design, optical components can be produced with only first order diffraction and with a very high efficiency (>0.98). It is shown that these diffraction gratings are potentially useful in projection displays with a high brightness and energy efficiency

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.705-710
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• 2015

The fabrication process of thin boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond (B-NCD) microelectrodes on fused silica single mode optical fiber cladding has been investigated. The B-NCD films were deposited on the fibers using Microwave Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (MW PA CVD) at glass substrate temperature of 475 ℃. We have obtained homogenous, continuous and polycrystalline surface morphology with high sp³ content in B-NCD films and mean grain size in the range of 100-250 nm. The films deposited on the glass reference samples exhibit high refractive index (n=2.05 at λ=550 nm) and low extinction coefficient. Furthermore, cyclic voltammograms (CV) were recorded to determine the electrochemical window and reaction reversibility at the B-NCD fiber-based electrode. CV measurements in aqueous media consisting of 5 mM K₃[Fe(CN)₆] in 0.5 M Na₂SO₄ demonstrated a width of the electrochemical window up to 1.03 V and relatively fast kinetics expressed by a redox peak splitting below 500 mV. Moreover, thanks to high-n B-NCD overlay, the coated fibers can be also used for enhancing the sensitivity of long-period gratings (LPGs) induced in the fiber. The LPG is capable of measuring variations in refractive index of the surrounding liquid by tracing the shift in resonance appearing in the transmitted spectrum. Possible combined CV and LPG-based measurements are discussed in this work.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.342-347
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• 1999

광소자의 소형화와 집적화 노력에 따라 광도파로의 도파폭과 곡률 반경이 작아지면서, 그 경계조건을 만족하는 도파모드와 전파상수의 변화가 심하게 되었다. 특히, 도파폭의 좁아지면서 제작 공정상의 폭조절 오차한계 내의 작은 변화에도 전파상수가 크게 변화하게 되어, 배열도파로(Arrayed Waveguide Grating, AWG)소자에서는 각 도파로 진행광의 위상이 설계와 심하게 달라지고 소자의 성능에 영향이 커지게 되었다. 광소자의 소형화에 따라 심각해지는 이러한 근사설계 오차에 의한 영향을 정량적으로 분석하고 대처하기 위해, 여기서는 유효굴절률법(Effective Index Method)과 해석적 함수해(Analytic Solution Method)를 이요하여 여러 도파로 구조를 해석하여 전파특성 변수를 얻어내었다. 또한, 이를 적용하여 자체 제작한 고기능 전산시늉기를 통해 각종 InP-, Silica-AWG 소자의 성능을 모사하였다. 모사 결과는 실제 제작된 전형적인 소자와 비교하여 매우 유사한 경향을 나타내었으며, Ridge-type Inp-AWG 소자의 경우, 도파폭의 허용공차가 0.02$\mu\textrm{m}$ 이내로 개선될 때, AWG 소자의 신호대잡음비(SNR)가 약 -25dB 이상 가능하게 되며 Rib-type Silica-AWG 소자의 경우는 도파폭 허용공차가 0.1$\mu\textrm{m}$ 정도이기만 해도 약 -30dB 이상 가능한 것으로 모사되었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.751-759
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• 2018

Glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRP) are widely exploited in many industrial branches. Due to this Structural Health Monitoring systems containing embedded fibre optics sensors are applied. One of the problems that can influence on composite element durability is water contamination that can be introduced into material structure during manufacturing. Such inclusion can be a damage origin significantly decreasing mechanical properties of an element. A non-destructive method that can be applied for inspection of an internal structure of elements is THz spectroscopy. It can be used for identifications of material discontinuities that results in changes of absorption, refractive index or scattering of propagating THz waves. The limitations of THz propagation through water makes this technique a promising solution for detection of a water inclusion. The paper presents an application of THz spectroscopy for detection and localisation of a water drop inclusion embedded in a GFRP material between two fibre optics with fibre Bragg grating sensors. The proposed filtering method allowed to determine a 3D shape of the water drop.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.474-474
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• 2013

PDMS는 미세패턴을 위해 소프트 리소그래피 널리 활용되어질 뿐만 아니라, 재질이 투명하고 탄성과 강한 내구성을 갖고 있어 유연한 광학 및 전자소자에 이용될 수 있다. 최근에는, 이러한 PDMS를 서브파장구조(subwavelength grating structure)를 형성하거나 텍스쳐(texture)표면구조를 이용한 효과적인 반사방지막(antireflection coating)기판을 제작하여 태양전지 및 디스플레이 소자의 성능을 발전시키는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 한편, 수열합성법(hydrothermal method)이나 전기화학증착법(electrodeposition method)으로 비교적 간단한 공정을 통해서 다양한 기판위에 산화아연(ZnO) 나노막대(nanorod)를 수직정렬로 성장시킬 수 있는데, 이러한 구조는 반사방지특성의 유효 굴절률 분포(effective refractive index profile)를 갖고 있기 때문에 LED나 태양전지에 성능을 개선할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 수열합성법을 통해 성장된 수직 정렬된 산화아연 나노막대를 이용한 PDMS 표면의 미세패턴 형성하여 광학적 특성을 분석하였다. 실험을 위해, 스퍼터링을 통해서 산화아연 시드층을 형성한 후, 질산아연헥사수화물과 헥사메틸렌테트라민을 수용액에 담가두어 산화아연 나노막대를 성장시켰으며, PDMS의 베이스와 경화제의 질량비를 10：1으로 용액을 준비하여 수직 정렬된 산화아연 나노막대 표면을 casting method으로 코팅하여 열경화 처리하였다. 제작된 샘플의 형태, 구조 광특성을 관찰하기 위해서 전계방출형전자현미경, X선 회절 분석기, 분광 광도계를 이용하였다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 체적흘로그래픽 메모리를 이용한 스테레오스코픽 동영상 디스플레이 시스템을 제안하였다. 각다중화된 스테레오스코픽 영상 페어의 다중 홀로그램들이 방대한 저장 능력과 실시간 랜덤 엑세스의 장점을 갖는 동일한 광굴절 매질에 기록되었다. 브래그 조건을 만족하는 입사파는 기록된 회절 격자에 의해 산란되어 스테레오스코픽 영상 페어의 방향을 따라 회절된다. 디스플레이 평면으로 회절되어 투사된 연속적인 좌안과 우안 영상으로부터 입체 비디오 영상을 관찰할 수 있다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.104-110
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• 1998

Cu 도핑된(0.04 wt.%) 광굴절 (K/sub 0.5/Na/sub 0.5/)/sub 0.2/(Sr/sub 0.61/Ba/sub 0.39/)/sub 0.9/Nb/sub 2/O/sub 6/ 결정에서 두 빔간의 에너지 교환특성을 632.8 nm He-Ne 레이저 파장에서 해석하고 측정하였다. 또한 신호빔 혹은 기준빔이 고주파에서 진폭 변조될 때 광유기된 굴절율 부피 격자의 코히어런트한 2광파 결합 특성을 해석하고 실험하였으며, 코히어런트 광통신 시스템 및 광신호처리 분야에서 동적 광굴절 결합기및 펄스 shaping 소자로 활용하기 위한 예비 실험 결과를 제시했다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.477-482
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• 2005

Photopolymers are attractive materials for holographic 3-D data storage because of their high photosensitivity and large refractive index modulation. We synthesized the six-armed dendrimer for fabricating the new photopolymer. It was prepared using the initiating mixture of hexaarylbiimidazole (HABI), mercapto-benzoxazole (MOBZ), and 2,6-bis(4-diethylaminobenzylidene)cyclopentanone (DEAW), which is sensitive to 514 nm wavelength. The holographic gratings were fabricated successfully in these photopolymer samples by conventional optical interference method. We investigated the effect of dendrimer, either as a binder or as a plasticizer in the cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), on the diffraction behavior. The addition of only 1 wt$\%$ of dendrimer-I into the CAB significantly increased the diffraction efficiency. The sample doped with dendrimer showed around 80-83$\%$ of the diffraction efficiency.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 디스플레이 광소자 분야
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• pp.92-95
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• 2005

The silver photodoping effect in amorphous AsGeSeS chalcogenide thin films for holographic recording has been investigated using a HeNe laser ($\lambda$=632.8 nm). The chalcogenide films prepared in this work were thinner in comparison with the penetration depth of recording light ($d_p$=1.66 mm). The variation of the diffraction efficiency $(\eta)$ in amorphous chalcogende films exhibits a tendency, independently of the Ag photodoping. That is, n increases relatively rapidly at the beginning of the recording process, reaches the maximum $({\eta}_{max})$ and slowly decreases. In addition, the value of ${\eta}_{max}$ depends strongly on chalcogenide film thickness(d) and its peak among the films with d = 40, 80, 150, 300, and 633 nm is observed at d = 150 nm (approximately 1/2n), where n is refractive index of the chalcogenide (n=2.0). The ${\eta}$ is largely enhanced by Ag photodoping into the chalcogenides. In particular, the value of hmax in a bilayer of 10-nm-thick Ag/150-nm-thick AsGeSeS film is about 1.6%, which corresponds to ~20 times in comparison with that of the AsGeSeS film (without Ag).

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.53.2-53.2
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• 2015

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are the most compact and reliable method of suppressing atmospheric emission lines in the infrared for ground-based telescopes. It has been proved that real FBGs based filters were able to eliminate 63 bright sky lines with minimal interline losses in 2011 (GNOSIS). Inscribing FBGs on multi-core fibers offers advantages. Compared to arrays of individual SMFs, the multi-core fiber Bragg grating (MCFBG) is greatly reduced in size, resistant to damage, simple to fabricate, and easy to taper into a photonics lantern (PRAXIS). Multi-mode fibers should be used and the number of modes has to be large enough to capture a sufficient amount of light from the telescope. However, the fiber Bragg gratings can only be inscribed in the single-mode fiber. A photonic lantern bi-directionally converts multi-mode to single-mode. The number of cores in MCFBGs corresponds to the mode. For a writing system consisting of a single ultra-violet (UV) laser and phase mask, the standard writing method is insufficient to produce uniform MCFBGs due to the spatial variations of the field at each core within the fiber. Most significant technical challenges are consequences of the side-on illumination of the fiber. Firstly, the fiber cladding acts as a cylindrical lens, narrowing the incident beam as it passes through the air-cladding interface. Consequently, cores receive reduced or zero illumination, while the focusing induces variations in the power at those that are exposed. The second effect is the shadowing of the furthest cores by the cores nearest to the light source. Due to a higher refractive index of cores than the cladding, diffraction occurs at each core-cladding interface as well as cores absorb the light. As a result, any core that is located directly behind another in the beam path is underexposed or exposed to a distorted interference pattern from what phase mask originally generates. Technologies are discussed to overcome the problems and recent experimental results are presented as well as simulation results.