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Quantum Dot Based Mode-Locked Diode Lasers and Coherent Buried Heterostructure Photonic Crystal Nano Lasers

  • Kim, Ji-Myeong;Delfyett, Peter;Notomi, Masaya
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.02a
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    • pp.122-122
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    • 2013
  • In this talk, some optical properties of quantum dot based mode-locked diode lasers and photonic crystal nano lasers will be discussed. Linewidth enhancement factor, chirp and interband injection locking technique of quantum dot mode-locked lasers will be presented. Also various types of photonic crystal buried heterostructure lasers toward coherent nano laser will be covered as well.

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Safe Use of Medical Lasers

  • Woo, Seung Hoon;Chung, Phil-Sang;Lee, Sang Joon
    • Medical Lasers
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.68-75
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    • 2021
  • Medical lasers have been widely used for various diseases. Despite the notable benefits, lasers could cause several complications such as skin burn, eye injury, airway fire, and so on. These accidents may occur not only with patients, users of the laser, or laser handlers but also to people passing in front of the laser treatment room. Although there is a risk associated with the laser, most of them can be prevented through good training, use of proper protection equipment, and ensuring the safe operation of the laser at all times. Due to the increasing use of lasers and the growing interest in their use, medical institutions should particularly emphasize the safe use of lasers and introduce systems for laser safety.

Analyses of Spectral Behaviors of Semiconductor Lasers under Weak Optical Injection Locked to External Light Injected

  • Kim, Jung-Tae
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.556-560
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    • 2009
  • We have investigated the spectral characteristics of semiconductor lasers locked to the external light injected from a modulated laser. study on FM sideband injection locking has shown that when SLs are locked to the target sidebands of the directly modulated ML, the presence of the unselected sidebands influences the resulting microwave signals. The unselected signals can produce the unwanted beat signals around the desired beat signal, which degrade the overall system performance. This analysis way to generate Giga HZ signal generation.

Medical Laser (의료용 Laser)

  • 김덕원
    • Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.107-113
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    • 1990
  • Characteristics and applications of three major types of lasers are discussed. They are chemical-metabolic, thermal destructive, and nonthermal mechanical lasers. The thermal destructive lasers ($CO_2$, Argon, and Nd:YAG) are especially explained in detail with regard to energy density, wavelength, fluence, stage of thermal destruction, and advantages of laser surgery. Excimer and Q-swiched lasers are discussed as nonthermal mechanical ones. Delivery system, optical fiber and articulated arm, is also discussed. Finally, recent advancements of medical laser are included in the conclusion.

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Optically Managing Thermal Energy in High-power Yb-doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers: A Brief Review

  • Yu, Nanjie;Ballato, John;Digonnet, Michel J.F.;Dragic, Peter D.
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.521-549
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    • 2022
  • Fiber lasers have made remarkable progress over the past three decades, and they now serve far-reaching applications and have even become indispensable in many technology sectors. As there is an insatiable appetite for improved performance, whether relating to enhanced spatio-temporal stability, spectral and noise characteristics, or ever-higher power and brightness, thermal management in these systems becomes increasingly critical. Active convective cooling, such as through flowing water, while highly effective, has its own set of drawbacks and limitations. To overcome them, other synergistic approaches are being adopted that mitigate the sources of heating at their roots, including the quantum defect, concentration quenching, and impurity absorption. Here, these optical methods for thermal management are briefly reviewed and discussed. Their main philosophy is to carefully select both the lasing and pumping wavelengths to moderate, and sometimes reverse, the amount of heat that is generated inside the laser gain medium. First, the sources of heating in fiber lasers are discussed and placed in the context of modern fiber fabrication methods. Next, common methods to measure the temperature of active fibers during laser operation are outlined. Approaches to reduce the quantum defect, including tandem-pumped and short-wavelength lasers, are then reviewed. Finally, newer approaches that annihilate phonons and actually cool the fiber laser below ambient, including radiation-balanced and excitation-balanced fiber lasers, are examined. These solutions, and others yet undetermined, especially the latter, may prove to be a driving force behind a next generation of ultra-high-power and/or ultra-stable laser systems.

Current Status and Future Prospects of High-Power Free Electron Lasers

  • Miginsky, Sergey
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.02a
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    • pp.44-44
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    • 2003
  • Free electron lasers (FEL) have, at least, the following advantages in comparison to conventional lasers: FEL can be designed for any arbitrary given emission wavelength. It is continuously tunable within wide band. Easy to get single-mode emission. Easily controlled emission structure (pulse duration, repetition rate, and pulse energy). (omitted)

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Effect of Grating Structures and Mirror Positions on Characteristics of 1.55$\mu\textrm{m}$ DFB Lasers (1.55 $\mu\textrm{m}$ DFB 레이저의 특성에 미치는 Grating구조와 Mirror 위치의 영향)

  • Kwon, Kee-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.31A no.9
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    • pp.128-138
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    • 1994
  • In 1.55.mu.m DFB lasers with two non-AR mirrors, I have analyzed the effect of the sturctures of indes and/or gain gratings and mirror positions on the threshold gains, the lasing frequencies, and the beam profiles in longitudinal direction of lasers. I have obtained the optimum condition of static characteristics that ${\Delta}{\Omega}$(the phase difference betweeen index grating and gain grating is 3${\pi}$/4, $({\kappa}L)_{i}$=4~6 in case of $({\kappa}L)_{i}$=0.9 and $({\kappa}L)_{i}$=3~5 in case of $({\kappa}L)_{i}$=0.7. The modal selectivity and intensity uniformity of this optimum condition are 2~2.5 times better than those of the gain-coupled DFB lasers ${\Delta}{\Omega}$=0). The gain-coupled DFB lasers${\Delta}{\Omega}$=0) have 10$^{10) times better modal selectivity and intensity uniformity than the loss-coupled DFB lasers(TEX>${\Delta}{\Omega}$=${\pi}$).

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Trends in High-Performance Wavelength-Tunable Lasers for Quantum Technologies in Visible and Near-Infrared Bands (양자기술용 가시광 및 근적외선 대역 고성능 파장 가변 레이저 기술 동향)

  • B.S. Choi;S.I. Kim;H.S. Kim;J.K. Son;J.B. You;D.C. Lee
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.61-73
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    • 2024
  • Quantum information technology is driving innovative computing, communication, and sensing advancements. High-performance tunable lasers have become essential tools for precisely controlling and manipulating qubits. These lasers provide high stability and accuracy at specific wavelengths, enabling efficient control of various types of qubit systems, such as ions, neutral atoms, and defects. High-performance tunable lasers allow the initialization of qubit states, execution of quantum gate operations, and minimization of errors during the readout process. In addition, tunable lasers are critical in precisely regulating the interactions between multiple qubits to optimize quantum entanglement and correlation. This study explores the existing and state-of-the-art technologies related to the design and implementation of high-performance tunable lasers in the visible and near-infrared wavelength ranges that are crucial for key material systems used in quantum technology. Based on this investigation, we present new methodologies for maximizing the scalability of qubit control. These laser technologies are expected to contribute to the commercialization and performance enhancement of quantum information technology, a common foundational technology.

A Spectroscopic Study on Singlet Oxygen Production from Different Reaction Paths Using Solid Inorganic Peroxides as Starting Materials

  • Li, Qingwei;Chen, Fang;Zhao, Weili;Xu, Mingxiu;Fang, Benjie;Zhang, Yuelong;Duo, Liping;Jin, Yuqi;Sang, Fengting
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.10
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    • pp.1656-1660
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    • 2007
  • Using solid inorganic peroxides (including Li2O2, Na2O2, SrO2 and BaO2) as starting materials, three reaction paths for singlet oxygen (1O2) production were developed and studied. Their 1O2 emission spectra in the near- IR region and visible region from these reaction paths were simultaneously recorded by a near-IR sensitive Optical Multichannel Analyzer and a visible sensitive Optical Spectrum Analyzer, respectively. The comparison of their 1O2 emission spectra indicated that: (1) in term of the efficiency for 1O2 production, the gasliquid- solid reaction path (in which Cl2 or HCl and H2O reacted with the solid inorganic peroxides suspension in CCl4) was prior to the gas-solid reaction path (in which Cl2 or HCl reacted with the solid inorganic peroxides suspension in CCl4), but was inferior to the gas-liquid reaction path (in which Cl2 or HCl reacted with the solid inorganic peroxides solution in H2O or D2O); (2) the alkali metal peroxides (such as Li2O2 and Na2O2) was prior to the alkaline earth metal peroxides (such as SrO2 and BaO2) as the solid reactants, and Cl2 was favorable than HCl as the gas reactant in efficiency for 1O2 production in these reaction paths.