• Journal of Magnetics
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.139-142
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• 2006

We fabricated new one-dimensional magnetophotonic crystal (1D-MPC) utilizing the second and third photonic band gaps where localized modes existed. Structure of the 1D-MPC was $(Ta_{2}O_{5}/SiO_{2})_{5}/Bi:YIG/(SiO_{2}/Ta_{2}O_{5})_{5}$ with optical thicknesses of 3$\lambda$ /4 for $Ta_{2}O_{5} and $SiO_2$ dielectric layers and $\lambda$ /2 for Bi:YIG defect layer, where $\lambda$ is a wavelength of a localized mode in the second photonic band gap. Faraday rotation at the localized mode in the second photonic band gap was enhanced, which was confirmed by calculation using 4${\times}$4 matrix method.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.195-207
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• 2006

The recently published and new results on design and fabrication of magnetophotonic crystals of different dimensionality are surveyed. Coupling of polarized light to 3D photonic crystals based on synthetic opals was studied in the case of low dielectric contrast. Transmissivity of opals was demonstrated to strongly depend on the propagation direction of light and its polarization. It was shown that in a vicinity of the frequency of a single Bragg resonance in a 3D photonic crystal the incident linearly polarized light excites inside the crystal the TE- and TM-eigen modes which passing through the crystal is influenced by Brags diffraction of electromagnetic field from different (hkl) sets of crystallographic planes. We also measured the faraday effect of opals immersed in a magneto-optically active liquid. It was shown that the behavior of the faraday rotation spectrum of the system of the opal sample and magneto-optically active liquid directly interrelates with transmittance anisotropy of the opal sample. The photonic band structure, transmittance and Faraday rotation of the light in three-dimensional magnetophotonic crystals of simple cubic and face centered cubic lattices formed from magneto-optically active spheres where studied by the layer Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method. We found that a photonic band structure is most significantly altered by the magneto-optical activity of spheres for the high-symmetry directions where the degeneracies between TE and TM polarized modes for the corresponding non-magnetic photonic crystals exist. The significant enhancement of the Faraday rotation appears for these directions in the proximity of the band edges, because of the slowing down of the light. New approaches for one-dimensional magnetophotonic crystals fabrication optimized for the magneto-optical Faraday effect enhancement are proposed and realized. One-dimensional magnetophotonic crystals utilizing the second and the third photonic band gaps optimized for the Faraday effect enhancement have been successfully fabricated. Additionally, magnetophotonic crystals consist of a stack of ferrimagnetic Bi-substituted yttrium-iron garnet layers alternated with dielectric silicon oxide layers of the same optical thickness. High refractive index difference provides the strong spatial localization of the electromagnetic field with the wavelength corresponding to the long-wavelength edge of the photonic band gap.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.166-169
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• 2000

This paper briefly reviews magneto-optic spatial light modulators (MOSLMs) developed so far and discusses the design concepts, issues concerning its fabrication, and performances of a new MOSLM based on one-dimensional magnetophotonic crystal (1D-MPC). (omitted)

• The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.408-411
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• 2000

Although the rotation angle and its spectrum of the magneto-optical Kerr effect are physical quantities determined inherently by the material itself, we found that they can widely be designed by utilizing a one-dimensional photonic crystal with a ferromagnetic defect layer. By suitable choice of the film structure, the rotation angle at a designated narrow wavelength is resonantly enhanced up to as several hundred times larger as ordinary rotation angle of the magnetic. This is originated by the localization of light at the magnetic layer inside the film.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.180-181
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• 2000

포토닉 결정이란 굴절률(또는 유전률)이 다른 물질들을 빛의 파장 정도의 크기로 주기적으로 배열한 인공적인 결정이다. 포토닉 결정은 1989년 Yabnolovitch에 의해 제안되어, 새로운 광 매체로서의 가능성을 열었다. 1차원 자성 포토닉 결정이란 1차원 포토닉 결정 내에 결함층으로 자성층을 삽입한 것을 말한다. 1996년 Inoue 등에 의해 제안된 1차원 자성 포토닉 결정은 결함층으로 삽입된 자성층에 빛이 국재화되어 거대한 자기광학효과를 나타낸다는 점에서 주목을 받고 있다$^{(1)}$ . 본 논문에서는 1 차원 자성 포토닉 결정과 포토닉 결정과의 차이점 및 1 차원 자성 포토닉 결정의 설계와 그에 따른 특성에 대하여 논하고자 한다 (중략)

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.192-193
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• 2000

공간 광변조기(spatial light modulator)는 빛의 진폭, 위상 혹은 편광 상태를 공간적으로 변조하는 소자이다. 2차원적인 화소 배열을 갖는 공간 광 변조기는, 전자 소자들이 지니지 않는, 정보를 고속으로 병렬 처리할 수 있는 기능에 힘입어, 광상관기, 광컴퓨터, 프로젝션 TV, 빔 프로젝트, 홀로그래피 메모리의 핵심 소자로 지난 50년간 활발히 연구되어, 액정 공간 광 변조기, 자기 광학 공간 광 변조기$^{(1)(2)}$ 등이 개발되었다. 이 중에서 자기광학 공간 괌 변조기는 화소의 스위칭 스피드가 빠르고, 견고하고, 내방사능성을 가질 뿐만 아니라, 비휘발성이라는 장점을 가지고 있어, 주로 우주항공용의 Miniature Ruggedized Optical Correlator(MROC)$^{(3)}$ 에 사용되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 새로운 개념의 공간 광 변조기인 자성 포토닉 결정을 이용한 자기 광학 공간 광 변조기(MPC-MOSLM)의 제조에 관하여 논하고자 한다 (중략)