• 센서학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.331-336
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• 2021

The Non-dispersive Infrared (NDIR) gas sensor has high selectivity, measurement reliability, and long lifespan. Thus, even though the NDIR gas sensor is expensive, it is still widely used for carbon dioxide (CO₂) detection. In this study, to reduce the cost of the NDIR CO₂ gas sensor, we proposed the new optical waveguide structure design based on ready-made gas pipes that can improve the sensitivity by increasing the initial light intensity. The new optical waveguide design is a structure in which a part of the optical waveguide filter is inclined to increase the transmittance of the filter, and a parabolic mirror is installed at the rear end of the filter to focus the infrared rays passing through the filter to the detector. In order to examine the output characteristics of the new optical waveguide structure design, optical simulation was performed for two types of IR-source. As a result, the new optical waveguide structure can improve the sensitivity of the NDIR CO₂ gas sensor by making the infrared rays perpendicular to the filter, increasing the filter transmittance.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2023

This study reports a structure, based on a liquid-crystal (LC) core optical waveguide, for the switchable spatial control of linearly polarized light. The refractive indices of both left and right isotropic claddings in the waveguide are between the two principal-axis indices of the nematic liquid crystal (NLC). Numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed structure can be operated in transmission mode or as an attenuator by controlling the on and off states of the applied voltage, whether the initial excitation is transverse electric (TE) linearly polarized light or transverse magnetic (TM) linearly polarized light. The design can also be used as an integrated optical polarizer, since only one type of linearly polarized light is always permitted to pass through the core zone of the NLC optical waveguide.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.841-846
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• 2014

This study proposes a novel optical sensor structure based on a refractometer combining a bend waveguide with an air trench. The optical sensor is a $1{\times}2$ splitter structure with a reference channel and a sensing channel. The reference channel has a straight waveguide. The sensing channel consists of a U-bend waveguide connecting four C-bends, and a trench structure to partially expose the core layer. The U-bend waveguide consists of one C-bend with the maximum optical loss and three C-bends with minimum losses. A trench provides a quantitative measurement environment and is aligned with the sidewall of the C-bend having the maximum loss. The intensity of the output power depends on the change in the refractive index of the measured material. The insertion loss of the proposed optical sensor changes from 3.7 dB to 59.1 dB when the refractive index changes from 1.3852 to 1.4452.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.277-281
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• 2010

We propose a design and optimization method for a dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguide using a genetic algorithm. This structure consists of a polymer ridge on top of two layers of substrate and gold film. The thickness, width and refractive index of the ridge are designed to optimize the figures of merit including mode confinement and propagation length. The modal analysis combined with the effective index method shows that the designed waveguide exhibits a fundamental propagation mode with high mode confinement while ensuring that the propagation loss remains relatively low.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.305-309
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• 2011

We present an efficient design approach for a plasmonic slot waveguide using a genetic algorithm. The analyzed structure consists of a nanometric slot in a thin metallic film embedded within a dielectric. To achieve high confinement without long propagation length, the thickness and width of the slot are optimally designed in order to optimize the figures of merit including mode confinement and propagation length. The optimized design is based on the finite element method and enhances the guiding and focusing of light power propagation.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.25-29
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 기존의 PCB의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 광 PCB에 대한 연구를 수행하였으며, 고효율 수동정렬을 위한 플러거블 렌즈구조를 제안하였다. 제안된 구조는 광 도파로 수동 정렬시 발생할 수 있는 렌즈와 도파로 간의 정렬 오차를 개선하고자 도파로와 렌즈를 합한 형태이다. 또한 탈착에 의해 손상되는 렌즈표면을 보호하기 위한 보호벽 형태를 지님으로써, 고효율의 수동정렬이 가능하게 하였다. 최적화 시뮬레이션을 통하여 구조를 설계하였고, 반복적 포토 리소그래피와 열적 리플로우 공정을 통하여 플러거블 렌즈 구조 제작을 위한 공정 연구를 수행하였다. 렌즈일체형 플러거블 접속구조의 광도파로를 PDMS복제공정으로 제작된 mold를 이용하여 임프린트 공정을 통해 제작하였다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 수동정렬이 가능한 광PCB접속용 플러거블 렌즈 구조의 제작이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.561-568
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• 2017

저밀도 파장분할다중화 기술을 광 집적 소자에 효율적으로 활용하기 위하여 광섬유와 평면기판 내 광 도파로 사이의 파장 선택적 광 결합기 구조가 효율적인 수단으로 고려될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 공기 도랑 격자를 지닌 실리콘 도파로와 단일 모드 광섬유 간 결합을 고려하였다. 격자의 깊이에 따른 결합 효율의 경향성과 그 한계점을 조사하였다. 이를 위해 결합 모드 이론에 기반을 둔 모델링을 통하여 설계된 결합기 구조의 결합효율을 예측하고, 유한요소법을 이용한 시뮬레이션 결과와 정량적으로 비교 분석 하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 디스플레이 광소자 분야
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• pp.105-108
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• 2002

We report on the polarization-insensitive design and fabrication of an arrayed waveguide gratings (AWG's) using sol-gel derived silica glass films formed on fused silica substrates to provide cheap and stable tools for better design. An arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer with raised structure is fabricated in order to effect polarization sensitivity. Since polarization is usually not known after propagation in an optical fiber. passive WDM components such as monolithic wavelength demultiplexer have to be polarization insensitive. Here, we observed that polarization have effect on crosstalk of output spectrum in arrayed-waveguide grating

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.573-578
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• 2012

광통신네트워크를 효율적으로 연결 시키기 위해 단순화 된 Spot-Size Converter 구조를 제안하였다. Spot-Size Converter를 설계하기 위해 수치해석으로 모드필드를 확인하고, 빔 전송법을 통해 최적화 설계를 도출하였다. 최적화 된 구조는 직선도파로와 Taper된 도파로를 조합하여 설계하였으며, 이를 시뮬레이션 한 결과 효율이 약 99%이상이 됨을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.398-402
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• 2011

In this paper, we have proposed a principle to design wideband, low dispersion and temperature stabilized slow light structure in slotted photonic crystal waveguide (SPCW). The infiltration of the silicon photonic crystal with polymer will enhance the slow light and increase the group index, whereas the different signs of thermo-optic coefficients of polymer and silicon make the proposed structure stable on temperature variation over $60^{\circ}C$ and improves the group index-bandwidth products of the designed structure. The SPCW structure is modified to maximize the slow light effect and minimize the dependence of the group index and hence the group velocity dispersion to temperature.