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[Editors Pick] Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 6 no. 2 (2022 April) Highly Birefringent Slotted-porous-core Photonic Crystal Fiber with Elliptical-hole Cladding for Terahertz Applications Yong Soo Lee1, Soeun Kim2 *, and Kyunghwan Oh1 ** Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 6 No.2 (2022 April) pp. 129-136 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/COPP.2022.6.2.129 Fig. 1 Transverse cross section of the proposed photonic crystal fiber (PCF) design, and the extended view of the slotted porous core. Keywords: High birefringence, Photonic crystal fiber, Terahertz OCIS codes: (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (260.1440) Birefringence Abstract We propose a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a slotted porous core and elliptical-hole cladding, for high birefringence in the terahertz regime. Asymmetry in the guided mode is obtained mainly by using arrays of elliptical air holes in the TOPAS® polymer cladding. We investigate the tradeoff between several structural parameters and find optimized values that can have a high birefringence while satisfying the single-mode condition. The optical properties in the terahertz regime are thoroughly analyzed in numerical simulations, using a full-vector finite-element method with the perfectly-matched-layer condition. In an optimal design, the proposed photonic crystal fiber shows a high birefringence of 8.80 × 10−2 and an effective material loss of 0.07 cm−1> at a frequency of 1 THz, satisfying the single-mode-guidance condition at the same time. The proposed PCF would be useful for various polarization-management applications in the terahertz range.
[하이라이트 논문] 한국광학회지 Vol. 33 No.2 (2022 April) 불완전한 보정기를 적용한 자유형 뮬러행렬타원계의 설계 Design of a Free-form Mueller Matrix Ellipsometer with Imperfect Compensators 김상열† 한국광학회지 Vol. 33 No.2 (2022 April) pp. 59-66 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2022.33.2.059 Fig. 1 Generation of an elliptically polarized light. Keywords: 불완전한 보정기, 뮬러행렬타원계, 광파장대역 OCIS codes: (000.2170) Equipment and techniques; (120.2130) Ellipsometry and polarimetry; (120.5050) Phase measurement 초록 각 편광소자의 방위각을 자유롭게 제어하는 자유형 구동방식에 기반한 뮬러행렬타원계(Mueller matrix ellipsometer, MME)를 제시한다. 보정기의 위상지연각 분산특성과 전기장 투과율비의 파장의존성을 고려하여 시료에 입사하는 빛의 편광상태를 최적화하기 위한 편광자의 방위각과 편광자측 보정기의 방위각 조합들을 제시한다. 시료로부터 출사하는 빛의 스톡스상수들을 빠르고 정확하게 측정할 수 있는 검광자의 방위각과 검광자측 보정기의 방위각 조합들, 그리고 출사하는 빛의 스톡스상수들을 구하는 수학적 표현들을 제시한다. 이 MME는 이상적이지 않은 4분파장 위상지연자를 적용할 수 있도록 보정기 선택의 폭을 넓혀주므로 깊은 자외선(deep ultraviolet)부터 근적외선(near infrared)에 이르는 매우 넓은 파장 대역에 걸쳐 작동하는 뮬러행렬 분광타원계(Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometer, MMSE)의 제작과 활용을 용이하게 해 줄 것이다. Abstract A free-form Mueller matrix ellipsometer (MME) based on independent control of the azimuthal angle of each polarizing element is introduced. The azimuthal angles of the polarizer and the matching compensator which generate the optimum Stokes vectors of an incident beam are investigated for the polarization state generator, where the spectral responses of the retardation angle and transmittance ratio of a nonideal compensator are taken into account. Similarly, the azimuthal angles of the analyzer and the corresponding compensator are investigated for the polarization-state detector, to unambiguously determine the Stokes vector of the outcoming beam from the sample, and explicit expressions for the Stokes elements are derived. Since the suggested technique enables one to utilize a nonideal quarter-wave plate as the compensator for an MME, it will contribute to the construction and application of a Mueller matrix spectroscopic ellipsometer (MMSE) operating over a wide spectral range from deep ultra-violet to near infrared.
[Editors Pick] Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 6 no. 1 (2022 February) Design of an 8× Four-group Zoom System without a Moving Group by Considering the Overall Length Sung Min Park, Jea-Woo Lee, and Sung-Chan Park* Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 6 No.1 (2022 February) pp. 104-113 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/COPP.2022.6.1.104 (a) (b) Fig. 1 Paraxial ray traces in an equivalent optical system: (a) Ray tracing in the forward direction, (b) ray tracing in the reverse direction. Keywords: Aberrations, First orders, Tunable polymer lens, Zoom lens, Zoom position OCIS codes: (080.2740) Geometric optical design; (120.4570) Optical design of instruments; (220.3620) Lens system design Abstract We present a method to count the overall length of the zoom system in an initial design stage. In a zoom-lens design using the concept of the group, it has been very hard to precisely estimate the overall length at all zoom positions through the previous paraxial studies. To solve this difficulty, we introduce T eq as a measure of the total track length in an equivalent zoom system, which can be found from the first-order parameters obtained by solving the zoom equations. Among many solutions, the parameters that provide the smallest T eq are selected to construct a compact initial zoom system. Also, to obtain an 8× four-group zoom system without moving groups, tunable polymer lenses (TPLs) have been introduced as a variator and a compensator. The final designed zoom lens has a short overall length of 29.99 mm, even over a wide focal-length range of 4‒31 mm, and an f-number of F/3.5 at wide to F/4.5 at tele position, respectively.
[하이라이트 논문] 한국광학회지 Vol. 33 No.1 (2022 February) 다초점 기능을 갖는 그래핀 전극 기반 적외선 프레넬 렌즈 A Graphene-electrode-based Infrared Fresnel Lens with Multifocal Function 남국현ㆍ이종권† 한국광학회지 Vol. 33 No.1 (2022 February) pp. 28-34 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2022.33.1.028 Fig. 1 A graphene-electrode-based infrared Fresnel zone plate (IR FZP) lens. (a) Schematic. (b) Process flow. Keywords: 프레넬 존 플레이트, 그래핀, 적외선 대역, 다초점 기능 OCIS codes: (050.1965) Diffractive lenses; (130.1750) Components; (160.4670) Optical materials; (220.3630) Lenses 초록 그래핀 전극 아래에 놓인 다층 그래핀 존 플레이트로 구성된 적외선 프레넬 렌즈의 초점 성능을 전산모사를 통해 조사한다. 여기서 패턴된 다층 그래핀의 페르미 에너지 준위(EF)는 그 위에 놓인 그래핀 전극에 의해 조절된다. 4 μm에서 30 μm까지의 광대역 파장에서 유리 기판 위에 놓인 8층 그래핀 존 플레이트와 그래핀 전극의 반사도 대비비에 따른 프레넬 렌즈 효과를 분석하였다. 반사도와 반사도 대비비를 고려한 최적 파장인 8 μm 입사파가 초점거리 240 μm인 프레넬 렌즈에 입사 시, 다층 그래핀의 EF가 0.4 eV에서 1.6 eV로 증가함에 따라 초점 세기가 4.3배, 그래핀 층수가 2층에서 8층으로 증가함에 따라 5.8배 강화되었다. 이를 통해 인가된 EF에 따라서 다중 초점(240 μm 및 360 μm) 성능을 보이는 그래핀만으로 구성된 IR 프레넬 렌즈 구조를 초박형 렌즈 플랫폼으로 제안한다. Abstract We study through computational simulation the focal performance of an infrared (IR) Fresnel lens, composed of a multilayer-graphene zone plate formed under a graphene electrode. Here the Fermi level EF of the patterned multilayer graphene is adjusted by the overlying graphene electrode. The Fresnel lens effect, with respect to the reflectance contrast between the graphene electrode and the 8-layer graphene zone plate placed on a glass substrate, has been analyzed over a broad wavelength range from 4 to 30 μm. As the optimal wavelength of 8 μm (considering the reflectance and the reflectance-contrast ratio) is incident upon the Fresnel lens with a focal length of 240 μm, the focal intensity is enhanced by a factor of 4.3 as the EF of multilayer graphene increases from 0.4 eV to 1.6 eV, and is improved by a factor of 5.8 as the number of graphene layers increases from two to eight. As a result, an all-graphene-based IR Fresnel zone-plate lens, exhibiting multifocal function (240 μm and 360 μm) according to the selected EF, is proposed as an ultrathin lens platform.
[Editors Pick] Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 5 no. 6 (2021 December) Fourier Modal Method for Optical Dipole Radiation in Photonic Structures Sungjae Park1ㆍJoonku Hahn2ㆍHwi Kim1* Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 5 No.6 (2021 December) pp. 597-605 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/COPP.2021.5.6.597 Fig. 1 Photonic multiblock structure with an optical-source-embedding block, and the optical field distributions for (a) a dipole with polarization P = (1, 0, 0) and (b) a dipole with polarization P = (0, 0, 1). The thicknesses of block #1, the cathode, block #2, the active block, block #3, and the anode are 70 nm, 8 nm, 31 nm, 38 nm, 157 nm, and 114 nm respectively, and their refractive indices (n + jk) are 1.88, 0.191 + 3.24j, 1.71, 1.84 + 0.00272j, 1.94, and 0.129 + 3.19j, respectively. Keywords: Fourier modal method, Numerical modeling OCIS codes: (000.3860) Mathematical methods in physics; (050.1755) Computational electromagnetic methods; (050.1960) Diffraction theory Abstract An extended Fourier modal method (FMM) for optical dipole radiation in three-dimensional photonic structures is proposed. The core elements of the proposed FMM are the stable bidirectional scatteringmatrix algorithm for modeling internal optical emission, and a novel optical-dipole-source model that prevents numerical errors induced by the Gibbs phenomenon. Through the proposed scheme, the FMM is extended to model a wide range of source-embedded photonic structures.
[하이라이트 논문] 한국광학회지 Vol. 32 No.6 (2021 December) Korsch 망원경의 열분석을 통한 광학계 성능 평가 방법 및 비열화 구조 연구 A Study on the Method of Evaluating Optical-system Performance and an Athermal Structure through Thermal Analysis of the Korsch Telescope 김규호1ㆍ박성우1ㆍ박승한2ㆍ이경묵3ㆍ정미숙1† 한국광학회지 Vol. 32 No.6 (2021 December) pp. 266-275 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2021.32.6.266 Fig. 1 The layout of the thermal analysis process. Keywords: 비열화 설계, 인공위성, 구조체, 망원경, 열분석 OCIS codes: (080.2740) Geometric optical design; (350.4600) Optical engineering 초록 본 논문은 Korsch 망원경의 열분석을 통한 광학계 성능 평가 방법 및 비열화 구조를 연구하였다. 비대칭성의 복잡한 구조를 가진 광학계의 경우, 광학 설계 소프트웨어에 열팽창 계수를 적용하여 인공위성 구조를 구현하는데 한계가 있어 온도 변화에 대한 광학계 성능 평가가 이루어지기 어렵다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 기계 설계 소프트웨어를 이용하여 온도에 따라 광학계에 영향을 주는 모든 구조체에 길이 변화를 구현하였고, 온도 변화에 대한 광학 부품 사이의 거리 변화량을 정리하였다. 또한 광학 설계 소프트웨어를 이용하여 온도 변화에 대한 광학 부품의 형상 및 두께 변화량을 정리하였다. 두 소프트웨어에서 도출한 모든 변화량을 광학 소프트웨어에 적용하여 광학계의 성능 평가를 진행하 였다. 그 결과 공간 분해능 71.4 cycles/mm에 대한 변조전달함수(MTF)가 9 ℃에서 33 ℃까지의 범위에서 25% 이상 유지되는 것을 확인하였 다. 또한 광학계 성능 변화에 가장 영향을 많이 주는 구조체를 찾아, 영향을 줄이도록 비열화 구조를 도출하여 개선된 구조물을 적용한 광학계의 성능 평가를 진행하였다. 그 결과, 분해능 71.4 cycles/mm에 대한 변조전달함수가 9 ℃에서 33 ℃까지의 범위에서 67% 이상 유지되는 것을 확인하였다. Abstract In this paper, a method for evaluating optical-system performance and an athermal structure through thermal analysis of the Korsch telescope was studied. In the case of an optical system having a complex asymmetrical structure, there is a limit to implementing the satellite structure by applying the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) in the optical-design software, so it is difficult to evaluate the performance of the optical system against temperature changes. To solve this problem, using mechanical design software all length changes were implemented in all structures that affect the optical system according to temperature, and the value of the change in distance between optical components due to temperature change was organized. Also, the values of changes in shape and thickness of the optical components against temperature changes are organized in the optical-design software. All changes derived from both software packages were applied in the optical software to evaluate the performance of the optical system. As a result, it was found that the MTF for a spatial resolution of 71.4 cycles/mm was maintained at more than 25% in the range from 9 ℃ to 33 ℃. In addition, the performance of the optical system applying the improved structure was evaluated, by finding the structure that had the most influence on the optical system’s performance change, and deriving an athermal structure to reduce the effect. As a result, it was found that the MTF for a resolution of 71.4 cycles/mm was maintained at over 67% in the range from 9 ℃ to 33 ℃.
[Editors Pick] Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 5 no. 5 (2021 October) Absolute Depth Estimation Based on a Sharpness-assessment Algorithm for a Camera with an Asymmetric Aperture Beomjun Kim, Daerak Heo, Woonchan Moon, and Joonku Hahn * School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 5 No.5 (2021 October) pp. 514-523 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/COPP.2021.5.5.514 (a) (b) Fig. 1 Defocus model. (a) Geometry of the camera, and (b) the radius of the CoC when half of the aperture size is 7 mm. Keywords: Coded aperture, Depth estimation, Image reconstruction OCIS codes: (100.2000) Digital image processing; (100.3008) Image recognition, algorithms and filters; (100.3020) Image reconstruction-restoration; (120.3940) Metrology; (170.1630) Coded aperture imaging Abstract Methods for absolute depth estimation have received lots of interest, and most algorithms are concerned about how to minimize the difference between an input defocused image and an estimated defocused image. These approaches may increase the complexity of the algorithms to calculate the defocused image from the estimation of the focused image. In this paper, we present a new method to recover depth of scene based on a sharpness-assessment algorithm. The proposed algorithm estimates the depth of scene by calculating the sharpness of deconvolved images with a specific point-spread function (PSF). While most depth estimation studies evaluate depth of the scene only behind a focal plane, the proposed method evaluates a broad depth range both nearer and farther than the focal plane. This is accomplished using an asymmetric aperture, so the PSF at a position nearer than the focal plane is different from that at a position farther than the focal plane. From the image taken with a focal plane of 160 cm, the depth of object over the broad range from 60 to 350 cm is estimated at 10 cm resolution. With an asymmetric aperture, we demonstrate the feasibility of the sharpness-assessment algorithm to recover absolute depth of scene from a single defocused image.
[하이라이트 논문] 한국광학회지 Vol. 32 No.5 (2021 October) 1018 nm 파장의 고출력 Yb 광섬유 레이저 High-power Operation of a Yb Fiber Laser at 1018 nm 오예진 ㆍ박혜미 ㆍ박종선 ㆍ박은지ㆍ김진필ㆍ정 훈ㆍ김지원 † ㆍ김태형ㆍ정성묵ㆍ김기혁 ㆍ양환석 한국광학회지 Vol. 32 No.5 (2021 October) pp. 209-214 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2021.32.5.209 Fig. 1 Numerical calculation and simulation of laser signals. (a) Theoretical gain spectra of the Yb fiber for different Yb 3+ ion excitation levels. (b) Numerical simulation of the laser signal power and the Yb 3+ ion excitation level as a function of the position of the Yb fiber used in the experiment. Abstract 본 논문에서는 단파장 영역인 1018 nm에서 최고 출력 626 W를 가진 고출력 이터븀(ytterbium, Yb) 첨가 광섬유 레이저에 대해 보고한다. Yb 광섬유 레이저에서 이득률이 낮은 단파장 영역인 1018 nm에서 레이저를 발진시키기 위한 조건을 이론적으로 조사해보고, 광섬유 끝 단단면 조건에 따른 되먹임 신호를 측정하여 안정적인 레이저 발진 조건에 대하여 연구하였다. 그 결과를 바탕으로 제작한 단일 공진기 구조의 Yb 광섬유 레이저 시스템으로부터 729 W의 펌프 출력에서 최고 출력 626 W의 1018 nm 파장 레이저 출력을 안정적으로 얻을 수 있었으며 그때 기울기 효율은 86.6%로 측정되었다. 본 연구에서 얻은 1018 nm 파장의 Yb 광섬유 레이저 결과는 지금까지 국내에서 보고된 1030 nm 이하 단파장에서 발진된 Yb 광섬유 레이저 출력 중 가장 높은 출력이며, 세계적으로도 상용 Yb 광섬유와 광부품을 사용한 결과 중 가장 높은 출력에 해당된다. 그리고 향후 더 높은 출력을 얻기 위한 방법에 대해 논의하고자 한다.
[하이라이트 논문] 한국광학회지 Vol. 32 No.4 (2021 August) 고굴절률 불화폴리이미드를 이용한 광도파로 위상변조기 제작 및 특성 분석 Optical-waveguide Phase Modulators Based on High-refractive-index Fluorinated Polyimide 이은수ㆍ천권욱ㆍ진진웅ㆍ오민철 † 한국광학회지 Vol. 32 No.4 (2021 August) pp. 180-186 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2021.32.4.180 Fig. 1 Waveguide design using effective index method. (a) Rib structure waveguide cross-section. (b) Effective index calculation procedure. (c) Effective index calculation results with varying thickness of the waveguide. (d) Effective index calculation results with varying width of the waveguide. (e) TE, and (f) TM mode profiles. Abstract 불화폴리이미드는 우수한 광투과율과 광학적 굴절률이 높은 특징을 가지며 이를 이용하여 제작된 폴리머 광도파로 위상변조기는 광손실이 작고 저전력으로 안정적인 위상제어가 가능하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 고굴절률 불화폴리이미드를 이용하여 광도파로 위상변조기를 설계하고 제작하여 특성을 분석하였다. 광도파로를 제작하여 손실을 측정하기에 효율적인 새로운 방법을 제시하였고, 제작된 폴리이미드 광도파로의 전파손실은 0.9 dB/cm로 확인되었다. 위상변조기는 π 위상변화를 위해 9.1 mW의 전력을 필요로 하였으며, 기존 폴리머 위상변조기 대비 응답 속도가 10배 정도 향상된 290 μs 정도의 응답시간을 가지는 것을 확인하였다.
[Editors Pick] Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 5 no. 4 (2021 August) Full-color Non-hogel-based Computer-generated Hologram from Light Field without Color Aberration Dabin Min, Kyosik Min, and Jae-Hyeung Park * Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea Current Optics and Photonics Vol. 5 No.4 (2021 August) pp. 409-420 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3807/COPP.2021.5.4.409 (a) (b) (c) Fig. 1 Proposed method: (a) original color light field data with the same FoV for all color channels, (b) resampling by zeropadding, and (c) interpolation. Vertical axis is represented in ray angle θx. Abstract We propose a method to synthesize a color non-hogel-based computer-generated-hologram (CGH) from light field data of a three-dimensional scene with a hologram pixel pitch shared for all color channels. The non-hogel-based CGH technique generates a continuous wavefront with arbitrary carrier wave from given light field data by interpreting the ray angle in the light field to the spatial frequency of the plane wavefront. The relation between ray angle and spatial frequency is, however, dependent on the wavelength, which leads to different spatial frequency sampling grid in the light field data, resulting in color aberrations in the hologram reconstruction. The proposed method sets a hologram pixel pitch common to all color channels such that the smallest blue diffraction angle covers the field of view of the light field. Then a spatial frequency sampling grid common to all color channels is established by interpolating the light field with the spatial frequency range of the blue wavelength and the sampling interval of the red wavelength. The common hologram pixel pitch and light field spatial frequency sampling grid ensure the synthesis of a color hologram without any color aberrations in the hologram reconstructions, or any loss of information contained in the light field. The proposed method is successfully verified using color light field data of various test or natural 3D scenes.

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