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Antireflection Structures and Optical Recording Properties of Te-based Alloy Thin Films (Te계 합금 박막의 Antireflection 구조와 광기록 특성)

  • Lee, Hyun-Yong;Choi, Dae-Young;Lee, Young-Jong;Chung, Hong-Bae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1988.05a
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    • pp.74-77
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    • 1988
  • This paper reports the properties of antireflection structure and hole formation of Te-based systems. The optical-recording characteristics of metallic recording media are enhanced significantly by incorporating the metal(Al) layer into an antreflection trilayer structure. Due to the interface condition inherent in the design of the trilayer structure, reflectivity from holes is ranked low fraction (<10%). The hole formation is carried by $Ar^+$ Laser(488nm). For 20nsec pulse duration, hole opening power(threschold) of $(Te_{86}Se_{14})_{50}Bi_{50}$ trilayer is lower than that of monolayer that used in this experiment. Hole shapes of the whole sample were clean.

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Cross-Correlation Measurements of Phase Noise Induced by Relative Intensity Noise in Photodetectors

  • Cao, Zhewei;Yang, Chun;Zhou, Zhenghua
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.694-697
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    • 2016
  • Up-converted phase noise, which is induced by the low-frequency relative intensity noise (RIN) of a laser through AM-PM conversion within a photodetector (PD), is first measured here by means of a cross-correlation method. Our proposed measurement system can isolate the RIN-induced phase noise from noise contributions of other components, such as amplifiers, modulators, and mixers. In particular, shot noise and thermal noise generated from the PD are also suppressed by this method, so that standalone characteristics of the RIN-induced phase noise can be obtained. Experimental results clearly show the quantitative relationship between the RIN-induced phase noise and the incident optical power of the PD. Our findings indicate that the least RIN-induced phase noise appeared at the saturation point of the PD, which is about -162 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset.

Nanomaterials for Advanced Electrode of Low Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)

  • Ishihara, Tatsumi
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.53 no.5
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    • pp.469-477
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    • 2016
  • The application of nanomaterials for electrodes of intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) is introduced. In conventional SOFCs, the operating temperature is higher than 1073 K, and so application of nanomaterials is not suitable because of the high degradation rate that results from sintering, aggregation, or reactions. However, by allowing a decrease of the operating temperature, nanomaterials are attracting much interest. In this review, nanocomposite films with columnar morphology, called double columnar or vertically aligned nanocomposites and prepared by pulsed laser ablation method, are introduced. For anodes, metal nano particles prepared by exsolution from perovskite lattice are also applied. By using dissolution and exsolution into and from the perovskite matrix, performed by changing $P_{O2}$ in the gas phase at each interval, recovery of the power density can be achieved by keeping the metal particle size small. Therefore, it is expected that the application of nanomaterials will become more popular in future SOFC development.

The Thermal Analysis of Te-based media for Optica1 Recording (광기록에 이용되는 Te-based Mediao에 대한 열적 해석)

  • 천석표;이성준;이현용;정홍배
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1994.05a
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    • pp.123-126
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    • 1994
  • We discussed the thermal analysis for recording media with the variation of the laser pulse duration and the power and the temperature distribution for the optimized Te-based antireflection structure by using the computer calculations. If the radial diffusion of heat is negligible, we can calculate the maximum temperature at the spot center in recording layer by Simple Method, and the temperature profile considering the specific heat and the latent heat by Numerical Method. As a result, the effect of the heat sinking which acted as a loss for the hole formation can be minimized by introducing the pulse of the hole formation duration( $\tau$ ) shorter than the thermal time constant( $\tau$$\sub$D/) of dielectric layer. This requirments can be satisfied as using the dielectric thickness of the 7nd ART condition or the dielectric materials with low thermal diffusivity.

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Characterization of amplified spontaneous emission light source from an $Er^{3+}$/$Tm^{3+}$co-doped silica fiber ($Er^{3+}$$Tm^{3+}$이 복합 첨가된 실리카 광섬유의 ASE 광원에 대한 특성 평가)

  • Jeong, Hoon;Oh, K.
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.02a
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    • pp.96-97
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    • 2000
  • Incoherent broadband optical sources have been applied in various areas such as a light source for optical device characterization, fiber-optic gyroscopes$^{(1)}$ , and spectrum sliced light source in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system$^{(2)}$ . To utilize the inherent low loss in silica optical fibers, various types of incoherent light sources are being developed. Among the light sources, the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) from a rare earth doped fiber has benefits in temperature stability, high output power, low polarization dependence over semiconductor diodes$^{(3)}$ . Recently erbium doped fibers (EDF) have been intensively researched for ASE sources as well as optical amplifiers$^{(4)}$ . The spectrum of ASE from an EDF, however, is limited in the 1520~1560 nm range in conventional configurations. In this letter we described a new broadband ASE source which included both the conventional ASE band of Er$^{3+}$ ion, 1520nm~1560nm and ASE band from Tm$^{3+}$ ions that extends the bandwidth further. For the first time, to the best knowledge of authors, a fiber ASE source based on the energy transfer between Er$^{3+}$ and Tm$^{3+}$ ions in the range of 1460~1550 nm, has been demonstrated using a single 980nm pump laser diode. (omitted)omitted)

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Radar Sensor System Concept for Collision Avoidance of Smart UAV (무인기 충돌방지를 위한 레이다 센서 시스템 설계)

  • Kwag, Young-Kil;Kang, Jung-Wan
    • Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.203-207
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    • 2003
  • Due to the inherent nature of the low flying UAV, obstacle detection is a fundamental requirement in the flight path to avoid the collision from obstacles as well as manned aircraft. In this paper, a preliminary sensor requirements of an obstacle detection system for UAV in low-altitude flight are analyzed, and the automated obstacle detection sensor system is proposed assessing both passive and active sensors such as EO camera, IR, Laser radar, microwave and millimeter radar. In addition, TCAS (Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System) are reviewed for the collision avoidance of the manned aircraft system. It is suggested that small-sized radar sensor is the best candidate for the smart UAV because an active radar can provide the real-time informations on range and range rate in the all-weather environment. However, an important constraints on small UAV should be resolved in terms of accommodation of the mass, volume, and power allocated in the payload of the UAV system design requirements.

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450 Gbps Low-cost Intensity Modulation with Direct Detection (IM/DD) Wave Length Division Multiplexing (WDM-PON) for 5G Fronthaul

  • Kawan Faiq Ahmed;Asaad Mubdir Jassim Al-Hindawi
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.3310-3329
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    • 2023
  • This work designs an eighteen-channel bidirectional Intensity Modulation with Direct Detection (IM/DD) Wavelength Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) system. The proposed system meets the requirement of the ITU-T 5G fronthaul link suggested design in G-series Recommendations-Supplement 66. The newly designed system, with a 25Gb/s/λ data rate (450Gbps as a system capacity), has been tested and simulated using OptiSystem V.19 software. The system has been evaluated by the BER with respect to variable the optical span and CW laser power. Based on the ITU-T recommendations, the simulation results demonstrate that this system might be used as an F1 and as an Fx 5G fronthaul link for functional split choices starting from options 1 to 7a. These options are required under 25Gbps/λ for each upstream and downstream link direction. Furthermore, the proposed system utilized a bidirectional single-mode optical fiber within short optical spans of up to 10 km. The proposed system is characterized by a low-cost, simple, DSP-free and amplifier-free system with a reasonable system capacity.

Fabrication of a Nano-Wire Grid Polarizer for Brightness Enhancement in TFT-LCD Display (TFT-LCD용 휘도 성능을 향상시키는 나노 와이어 그리드 편광 필름의 제작)

  • Huh, Jong-Wook;Nam, Su-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.105-124
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    • 2011
  • TFT-LCD consists of LCD panel on the top, circuit unit on the side and BLU on the bottom. The recent development issues of BLU-dependent TFT-LCD have been power consumption minimization, slimmerization and size maximization. As a result of this trend, LED is adopted as BLU instead of CCFL to increase brightness and to reduce thickness. In liquid crystal displays, the light efficiency is below 10% due to the loss of light in the path from a light source to an LCD panel and presence of absorptive polarizer. This low efficiency results in low brightness and high power consumption. One way to circumvent this situation is to use a reflective polarizer between backlight units and LCD panels. Since a nano-wire grid polarizer has been known as a reflective polarizer, an idea was proposed that it can be used for the enhancement of the brightness of LCD. The use of reflective polarizing film is increasing as edge type LED TV and 3D TV markets are growing. This study has been carried out to fabrication of the nano-wire grid polarizer(NWGP) and investigated the brightness enhancement of LCD through polarization recycling by placing a NWGP between an c and a backlight unit. NWGPs with a pitch of 200nm were fabricated using laser interference lithography and aluminum sputtering and wet etching. And The NWGP fabrication process was using by the UV imprinting and was applied to plastic PET film. In this case, the brightness of an LCD with NWGPs was 1.21 times higher than that without NWGPs due to polarization recycling.

THE MICROHARDNESS OF RESTORATIVE COMPOSITE AND DUAL-CURED COMPOSITE CEMENT UNDER THE PRECURED COMPOSITE OVERLAY (아르곤레이저를 이용한 레진인레이 하부의 레진 시멘트 및 광중합형 복합레진 중합)

  • Park, Sung-Ho;Lee, Chang-Kyu
    • Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.109-115
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    • 2000
  • This study was designed to evaluate the microhardness of restorative composite resin and dual-cured composite resin cement which were light cured through the 1.5mm thickness composite overlay. For restorative materials, Z100 and Tetric Ceram were used. For dual cured composite cements, Variolink II((VL II) of three consistency (low, high, ultra high) were used. To determine the optimal microhardness of Z100, Tetric Ceram and Variolink II, each material was packed into the 1mm thickness teflon mold without composite overlay and light cured for 60 seconds. Then the microhardnesses of each sample were measured, averaged and regarded as optimal hardness of each material. To evaluate the microhardness of restorative composite resin and dual-cured composite resin cement which were light cured through the 1.5mm thickness composite overlay, the composites were packed into 1mm thickness teflon mold, coverd with celluloid strip, and then precured composite overlay which was made of Targis(Ivoclar/Vivadent, Liechtenstein) was positioned. 2 types of visible light curing machine, the power density of one of which was 400$mW/cm^2$ and the other was 900$mW/cm^2$, and one type of argon laser were used to cure the restorative composite and dual cured cement. For each group, 10 sample were assigned. The light curing tip was positioned over the composite overlay and light cured for 1min., 2min. or 3min with visible light curing machine or 15sec, 30 sec, 45sec, and 60 sec with argon laser. The Vickers hardnesses of upper and lower surface of Z100, Tetric Ceram, and 3 types of VL II cement were measured. When the 900 $mW/cm^2$ curing light was used, 2min. was needed for optimal curing of Z100 and Tetric Ceram. Variolink II did not be cured optimally even though the curing time was extended to 3min. When 400$mW/cm^2$ curing light was used, 3min. was necessary for Z100, whereas 3min. was not enough for Tetric Ceram. Variolink II was not cured optimally even though the curing time was extended to 3min. When argon laser was used, Z100, Tetric Ceram and Variolink II were not cured optimally in 60 seconds.

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Widely-tunable high-speed wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor-fiber ring laser (고리형 반도체-광섬유 레이저에서 4광파 혼합에 의한 광대역 및 고속 파장 변환기)

  • Choi, kyoung-Sun;Seo, Dong-Sun;Lee, Yoo-Seung;Ki, Ho-Jin;Jhon, Young-Min;Lee, Seok;Kim, Dong-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2002
  • We demonstrate a widely-tunable wavelength converter based on four-wave mixing in a semiconductor-fiber ring laser with no external pump light. Applying 10 GHz short pulses at -8 dBm as a probe signal, we achieve continuous wavelength tuning over the semiconductor optical amplifier gain-bandwidth reaching 30 nm down- and 17 m up-wavelength conversion. In addition to the wide tuning capability, the converter shows high-speed conversion and low saturation power capabilities.