• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.151-152
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• 2006

In this paper, a novel waveguide analysis is addressed based on the rigorous coupled wave analysis method. Using the proposed method, we can analyze half-infinite waveguide structures rigorously calculate.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.43-44
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• 2006

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.180-183
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• 2014

The surface of semiconductor solar cells, such as a-Si or CIGS (CuInGaSe) solar cells is not flat but textured in the microscopic domain. With textured surfaces, the optical reflectivity of a solar cell is different from that of flat surfaces in the wavelength region. In this paper, the effects of a textured surface on a CIGS solar cell are presented by RCWA (Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis) method. The effect of incoherent light is also considered by RCWA with a Fourier analysis while conventional optical simulation uses the input light on the solar cell as coherent light. Using experimental results, the author showed that the RCWA method with a Fourier analysis is a proper method to simulate the optical properties of CIGS solar cells.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.380-383
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 20㎓~50㎓ 대역에서 2 차원 PBG(Photonic-Bandgap) 구조의 투과 특성을 RCWA(Rigorous coupled-wave analysis)방법에 의한 Transfer matrix로 해석하였다. Square lattice의 PBG 구조에 대하여 TE 편파에서 유전율의 변화와 결함(defect)의 유무에 대한 투과 특성을 고찰하였다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.439-444
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• 1994

When diffraction by arbitrary two-dimensional surface-relief dielectric gratings is analyzed using the rigorous three-dimensional vector coupled-wave analysis, it is found that the matrix eigenvalue problem pertaining to the analysis can always be simplified to that for a matrix which has the dimension of a quarter of the original, so that computing time and memory requirements for computer may be greatly reduced. However this kind of simplification can not be obtained in the case of volume diffraction gratings. tings.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.26-35
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• 1997

Rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) with a simplified eigenvalue problem is used to investigate the an-tireflective property of one-dimensional surface-relief gratings such as binary gratings, triangular gratings and gratings with triangle-like surface profiles. The convergence of RCWA is investigated by varying the number of layers and the number of space-harmonics used in the computation. For unpolarized light normally incident on a medium of refractive index 1.64 from vaccum, a triangle-like grating shows the reflectivity of $1.6 {\times} 10^{-4}$ in contrast to a minimum reflectivity of $3.8 {\times} 10^{-3}$ for a binary grating. We also study the dependence of reflectivity on the wavelength, and on the angle of incidence for a groove shape and depth which result in minimum reflectivity.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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• v.36D no.11
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• pp.33-44
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• 1999

The boundary element method was newly implemented into an optical lithography simulator so that it could evaluate rigorously the topological effects of 2dimensional phase-shifting masks. Both transparent and periodic boundary conditions were applied for the method, and the continuity conditions were used for treating interface nodes. The accuracy of the module developed for simulating aerial images was verified by comparison with analytic solutions and published results. In addition, it was found that our simulator would be more efficient than the conventional method based on the rigorous coupled wave analysis in views of the convergence and the calculation speed. Finally, the optimal design of two phase-shifting masks was performed.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.250-253
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• 2015

High contrast grating (HCG) is the structure made up of the sub-wavelength grating of high-index and the surrounding layer of low-index, which reveals high contrast between two materials. Its advantages include high reflectivity over a broad bandwidth, polarization and wavelength selectivity, optical high-Q resonator, and phase modulation. In this work, the HCG structure comprising of indium tin oxide (ITO) and Silicon (Si), for the surrounding layer and the grating layer respectively, was studied. Its theoretical model was established, and transmittance, phase and optical behavior were calculated by rigorous coupled-wave analysis and finite element method. Furthermore, the established structure was fabricated to validate its feasibility. The fabricated structure shows the focusing capability whose length is about $10{\mu}m$, and the feasibility of the structure was demonstrated. It is also meaningful that ITO layer can contribute to the fabrication of the HCG structure, leading to enable the structure to be electrical-driven.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.55-58
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• 2007

We propose a systematic method for design of fiber-optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors. We used rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA) for analysis of the transmission spectrum, and the (1+1) evolution strategy (ES) was employed as an optimization tool. The simulation results show that the optimization method presented here is very useful in designing fiber-optic SPR sensor for strain and temperature measurement. This algorithm can be extended to another objective function with other weighting factors and optical parameters.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.1412-1414
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• 2009

It is suggested that the light extraction efficiency of the display device can be improved by adoption of periodic array of sub-wavelength scale structures. The relief of the total reflection has been investigated using the rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA). Various shape of the sub-wavelength scale structure allowed to have non vanishing transmittance for the light rays with the incident angle bigger than the critical angle.