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Spectroscopic Applications of Ultrashort Pulse Lasers (극초단 펄스레이저의 분광학 응용)

  • 김동호
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.87-97
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    • 1990
  • With the recent advent of various ultrashort pulse lasers, time-resolved laser spectroscopic techniques have been widely recognized as versatile tools to study ultrafast phenomena in many research areas. These techniques are currently being employed not only to study atomic and molecular physics but to characterize the excited state or the carrier dynamics on surfaces of semiconductors, metals and thin layer materials. Also the sweetching speed measurement of ultrafast electro-optic devices using ultrashort laser pulses becomes important in high-speed electronics. Here, some principles of spectroscopic techniques with ps or fs lasers and their applications are summarized briefly.

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International and Asian Networks on Intense Laser Science

  • Kato, Yoshiaki
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.2-7
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    • 2009
  • This paper reviews evolution of the research networks on intense laser science under international and Asian frameworks during 2000 to 2008. The OECD Global Science Forum Steering Committee on Compact, High-Intensity Short-Pulse Lasers led to the establishment of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Working Group: International Committee on Ultrahigh Intensity Lasers (ICUIL) and the Asian Intense Laser Network (AILN) in 2004. Through various activities under AILN such as the Asian Symposium on Intense Laser Science (ASILS), the Asian Summer School on Laser Plasma Acceleration and Radiation, and the High-Order Harmonics Workshops, closer relations are being formed among the scientists and also among the young generations working in intense laser science in the Asian regions.

Ultrafast Femtosecond Lasers: Fundamentals and Applications (펨토초 레이저의 원리 및 응용)

  • Kim, Young-Jin;Kim, Yun-Seok;Kim, Seung-Man;Kim, Seung-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 2010
  • Physical fundamentals of ultrashort femtosecond lasers are addressed along with emerging applications for precision manufacturing and metrology. Femtosecond lasers emit short pulses whose temporal width is in the range of less than a picosecond to a few femtoseconds, thereby enabling extremely high peak-power machining with less thermal damages. Besides, the broad spectral bandwidth of femtosecond lasers constructed in the form of frequency comb permits absolute distance measurements leading to ultraprecision positioning control and dimensional metrology.

Numerical Investigation on Nonequilibrium Energy Transfer in Thin Metal Film Structures during the Irradiation of Femtosecond Pulse Laser (펨토초 레이저가 조사되는 동안의 금속 박막내의 비평형 에너지 전달 현상에 대한 수치해석 연구)

  • Sim, Hyung-Sub;Lee, Seong-Hyuk
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.367-373
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    • 2007
  • The present study investigates numerically nonequilibrium energy transfer between electrons and phonons in metal thin films irradiated by ultrashort pulse lasers and it also provides the temporal and spatial variations of electron and phonon temperatures using the well-established two-temperature model(TTM) on the basis of the Boltzmann transport equation(BTE). This article predicts the crater shapes in gold film structures, and compares the results by using two-dimensional energy transport equation. From the results, it is found that nonequilibrium energy transfer between electrons and phonons takes place, and the equilibrium time increases with the increase of laser fluence. On the other hand, above threshold fluence the ablation time doesn't change nearly with increasing fluences. Compared with one-dimensional TTM, it also reveals that the temporal distributions of electron and phonon temperatures at the top surface estimated by using two-dimensional TTM have a similar tendency. The results show that two-dimensional TTM can simulate the crater shape of metals during the irradiation of femtosecond pulse lasers and the absorbed energy is propagated to z-direction faster than to r-direction.

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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The Real-Time Temporal and Spatial Diagnostics of Ultrashort High-Power Laser Pulses using an All-Reflective Single-Shot Autocorrelator

  • Kim, Ha-Na;Park, Seong Hee;Kim, Kyung Nam;Han, Byungheon;Shin, Jae Sung;Lee, Kitae;Cha, Yong-Ho;Jang, Kyu-Ha;Jeon, Min Yong;Miginsky, Sergei V.;Jeong, Young Uk;Vinokurov, Nikolay A.
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.382-387
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    • 2014
  • An all-reflective, simple noncollinear second harmonic (SH) autocorrelator is described for monitoring the shot-to-shot behavior of ultrashort high-power laser pulses. Two mirrors are used for the dispersion-free splitting of a pulse into two halves. One of the mirrors is able to adjust the delay time and angle between two halves of the laser pulse in a nonlinear crystal. We present the possibility of real-time measurement of the pulse duration, peak intensity (or energy), and the pointing jitters of a laser pulse, by analyzing the spatial profile of the SH autocorrelation signal measured by a CCD camera. The measurement of the shot-to-shot variation of those parameters will be important for the detailed characterization of laser accelerated electrons or protons.

Precision Length Metrology using the Optical Comb of Femtosecond Pulse Lasers (펨토초 레이저의 주파수 모드를 이용한 정밀 길이 측정)

  • Jin Jong-Han;Kim Young-Jin;Kim Seung-Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.216-219
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    • 2005
  • In precision length measurements using optical interferometry based on homodyne or heterodyne principles, it is crucial to have frequency-stabilized monochromatic light sources. To the end, we investigate the possibility of utilizing the optical comb constituted by ultrashort femtosecond pulse lasers generated from a gain medium of titanium-doped aluminium oxide $(Ti:Al_2O_3)$. The optical comb is stabilized by locking to the caesium atomic clock, which allows all the modes of the comb to maintain an extremely high level of frequency stabilization to precision of one part in $10^{16}$. Then, high precision length measurements are realized by extracting a single or group of particularly wanted optical frequency components or by adopting a third-party light source locked to the comb. Required measurement system setup will be presented in detail along with experimental results.

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