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Optics in China: past, present and future

  • Gan, Fuxi
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.02a
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    • pp.68-68
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    • 2000
  • In this paper a very brief review of historical development of optical science and technology in China is presented. More attention has been pain on Modem Optics, which developed since 1950s. The recent development of optical science and technology in following fields are introduced. 1. Optical engineering and instrumentation (tracking theodolites, high speed cameras, satellite laser ranging systems, satellite flying attitude control, cameras for remote sensing, astronomical optical instrument) 2. Applied optics (adaptive optics, optical metrology, infrared optics, optical processing, optical holography) 3. Laser science and technology (ultrashort pulse lasers, UV-X ray lasers, high power laser facilities and laser fusion, laser isotope separation) 4. Laser and nonlinear materials (rare earth elements doped laser glasses and crystals, tunable laser crystals, borate series and organic nonlinear crystals) 5. Optoelectronic science and technology (Optical communication, optical data storage, optical computing) The current situation and developing prospect of optical and optoelectronic industry in China are presented. Furthermore it points out that the optical industry could be developed vigorously only if products development capacity is enhanced and new products industrialization is heightened. The main research and education institutions in the optics field in China, as well as the Chinese Optical Society (COS) are introduced.

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Target alignment method of inertial confinement fusion facility based on position estimation

  • Lin, Weiheng;Zhu, Jianqiang;Liu, Zhigang;Pang, Xiangyang;Zhou, Yang;Cui, Wenhui;Dong, Ziming
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.10
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    • pp.3703-3716
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    • 2022
  • Target alignment technology is one of the most critical technologies in laser fusion experiments and is an important technology related to the success of laser fusion experiments. In this study, by combining the open-loop and closed-loop errors of the target alignment, the Kalman state observer is used to estimate the position of the target, which improves the observation precision of the target alignment. Then the optimized result is used to guide the alignment of the target. This method can greatly optimize the target alignment error and reduce uncertainty. With the improvement of the target alignment precision, it will greatly improve the reliability and repeatability of the experiments' results, thereby improving the success rate of the experiments.

Laser Welding Quality Monitoring with an Optical Fiber System

  • Kim, Jin-Tae;Kim, Do-Hyoung;Chung, Chin-Man;Baik, Sung-Hoon;Park, Seung-Kyu;Kim, Min-Suk
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.193-196
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    • 2003
  • We have developed a laser welding monitoring system to monitor laser welding process conditions such as sample feed rate, laser focal position, and laser power. A 2 ㎾ Nd:YAG CW laser beam has been applied to the welding of a stainless steel plate (SUS306) to investigate the welding monitoring. Theradiation signal from the weld pool was guided back through the focusing optics and the laser delivery fiber, and measured by a photo detector. By changing the focus of the laser beam along the z-direction, the penetration depth of the welding material has been measured. That shows the penetration depth depends on the frequency fluctuations of the plume signals which can be used in welding quality control.

Beam Shaping and Speckle Reduction in Laser Projection Display Systems Using a Vibrating Diffractive Optical Element

  • Liang, Chuanyang;Zhang, Wei;Wu, Zhihui;Rui, Dawei;Sui, Yongxin;Yang, Huaijiang
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2017
  • The laser has been regarded as the potential illumination source for the next generation of projectors. However, currently the major issues in applying the laser as an illumination source for projectors are beam shaping and laser speckle. We present a compact solution for both issues by using a vibrating diffractive optical element (DOE). The DOE is designed and fabricated, and it successfully transforms the circular Gaussian laser beam to a low speckle contrast uniform rectangular pattern. Under a vibration frequency of 150 Hz and amplitude of $200{\mu}m$, the speckle contrast value is reduced from 67.67% to 13.78%, and the ANSI uniformity is improved from 24.36% to 85.54%. The experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and potential of the proposed scheme, and the proposed method is a feasible approach to the miniaturization of laser projection display illumination systems.

Optical Design for Trepanning Drilling (레이저 트레판닝 드릴링을 위한 광학 설계)

  • Noh, Ji-Whan;Lee, Jae-Hoon;Suh, Jung;Sohn, Hyon-Kee;Shin, Dong-Sig
    • Laser Solutions
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.11-14
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    • 2007
  • A trepanning optics is the optical system which makes focus laser beam rotate and incline to the material processing surface. The trepanning optics is used in order to improve the quality of laser drilling process and control the taper of drilling diameter. In order to make trepanning optics, we can use the eccentricity of lens, scanner using two mirror, dove prism, or wedge. Among these method, in this paper wedge is used for trepanning optics. The wedge trepanning optics has advantage on the high speed of rotation. In this paper, we design the wedge trepanning optics using ray tracing. ements and engine design variables of system to satisfy the customer's requirements.

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Simulation of a Laser Tomography Adaptive Optics with Rayleigh Laser Guide Stars for the Satellite Imaging System

  • Ahn, Kyohoon;Lee, Sung-Hun;Park, In-Kyu;Yang, Hwan-Seok
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.101-113
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    • 2021
  • Adaptive optics (AO) systems are becoming more complex to improve their optical performance and enlarge their field of view, so it is a hard and time consuming process to set up and optimize the components of AO systems with actual implementation. However, simulations allow AO scientists and engineers to experiment with different optical layouts and components without needing to obtain and prepare them physically. In this paper, we introduce a new AO simulation named the Korea Adaptive Optics Simulation (KAOS), independently developed by LIG Nex1. We verified the performance of KAOS by comparing with other AO simulation tools. In the comparison simulation, we confirmed the results from KAOS and other AO simulation tools were very similar. Also, we proposed a laser tomography AO system with five Rayleigh laser guide stars (LGSs) optimized by using KAOS to overcome the disadvantages of the AO system with a single sodium LGS for the satellite imaging system. We verified the performance of the proposed AO system using KAOS, and the simulation result showed averaged Strehl ratio of 0.37.

Design and Development of a Single-photon Laser and Infrared Common Aperture Optical System

  • Wu, Hongbo;Zhang, Xin;Tan, Shuanglong;Liu, Mingxin;Wang, Lingjie;Yan, Lei;Liu, Yang;Shi, Guangwei
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.171-182
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    • 2022
  • A single-photon laser and mid-wave infrared (MWIR) common aperture optical system was designed and developed to detect and range a long-distance civil aviation aircraft. The secondary mirror of the Ritchey-Chretien (R-C) optical system was chosen as a dichroic lens to realize the design of a common aperture system for the laser and MWIR. Point spread function (PSF) ellipticity was introduced to evaluate the coupling efficiency of the laser receiving system. A small aperture stop and narrow filter were set in the secondary image plane and an afocal light path of the laser system, respectively, and the stray light suppression ability of the small aperture stop was verified by modeling and simulation. With high-precision manufacturing technology by single point diamond turning (SPDT) and a high-efficiency dichroic coating, the laser/MWIR common aperture optical system with a 𝜑300 mm aluminum alloy mirror obtained images of buildings at a distance of 5 km with great quality. A civil aviation aircraft detection experiment was conducted. The results show that the common aperture system could detect and track long-distance civil aviation aircraft effectively, and the coverage was more than 450 km (signal-to-noise ratio = 6.3). It satisfied the application requirements for earlier warning and ranging of long-range targets in the area of aviation, aerospace and ground detection systems.

Intracavity frequency doubling of a slab Nd:YAG laser pumped by high power diode laser array

  • Lee, Jong-Min;Moon, Hee-Jong;Yi, Jong-Hoon
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.5-8
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    • 1998
  • A high power diode-array-pumped slab Nd:YAG laser is described. The resonator consists of three mirrors in folded geometry. The laser is operated in acousto-optic Q-switching mode and intracavity frequency doubling is tried. We demonstrate that the laser exhibits frequency doubling efficiency of ∼60% with a type I LBO crystal.

Laser Ablation of Polypropylene Films using Nanosecond, Picosecond, and Femtosecond Laser

  • Sohn, Ik-Bu;Noh, Young-Chul;Kim, Young-Seop;Ko, Do-Kyeong;Lee, Jong-Min;Choi, Young-Jin
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.38-41
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    • 2008
  • Precise micropatterning of polypropylene film, which is highly transparent in the wavelength range over 250 nm has been demonstrated by 355 nm nano/picosecond laser and 785 nm femtosecond laser. Increments of both the pulse energy and the shot number of pulses lead to cooccurrence of photochemical and thermal effects, demonstrated by the spatial expansion of rim on the surface of PP. The shapes of the laser-ablated polypropylene films were imaged by optical microscope and measured by a 3D optical measurement system. And, the ablation depth and width of polypropylene film ablated by femtosecond laser at various pulse energy and pulse number were characterized. Our results demonstrate that a femtosecond pulsed laser is an efficient tool for fabricating micropatterns of polypropylene films, where the micropatterns are specifically tailored in size, location and number easily controlled by laser processing conditions.