Program in Photonics and Informatics
Office : 1-323B
Tel : +82-32-860-8428
Fax : +82-32-860-8429
1. Introduction :
Photonics and informatics is the science and technology of “light” engineering combined
with information, communication, semiconductor, nanotechnology, generation of light,
display technology, sensing, biotechnology, medicine, security and defense, manufacturing,
and environment. Photonics and informatics has become the dominant high-technology in
almost every aspect of various modern technologies in the 21 st century. The education
program offers various courses specializing in photonics and informatics and provides MS
and PhD degrees. The research program focuses on advanced photonic and information
technology with partnership in research institutes and industries.
2. Major :
Program in Photonics and Informatics
3. Faculty Members
1) Lee, Min-Hee (이민희)
* Office : 5N-306
* Tel : +82-32-860-7653
* E-mail :
mhlee@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://laser.inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Physics / Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / Korea
- M.S. : Physics / Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / Korea
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* Research Area : High Power Solid State Lasers and Applications
* Academic Works :
- J. Xia and M.H.Lee, “Analysis of cavities for self-starting Kerr-lens mode-locked lasers”,
Applied Optics 41, 453(2002)
- J. Xia, M.H.Lee and J. Eur, “Performance Improvement of flashlamp-pumped Ti:sapphire laser”,
J. Optical Society of Korea 6, 48(2002)
- J. J. Kim et al., “2.5-Gb/s Hybrid Single-Mode and Multimode Fiber
Transmission of 1.5-um Wavelength VCSEL” IEEE Photonics Letters 19, 297(2007)
2) Hwangbo, Chang-Kwon (황보창권)
* Office : 5N-309
* Tel : +82-32-860-7657
* E-mail :
hwangbo@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Optical Sciences Center / University of Arizona / USA
- M.S. : Department of Physics / Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / Korea
- B.S. : Department of Physics / Seoul National University / Korea
* Research Area :
- Optical Thin-Film Coatings (Design, Deposition and Characterization)
- Nanostructure Engineering of Optical Films Using Glancing Angle Deposition
- Display Optics
- EUV Optics
* Academic Works :
- Wideband circular polarization reflector fabricated by glancing angle deposition, OPTICS
EXPRESS, 16, 5186, 2008.
- Optical design of hybrid-type attenuated phase-shift masks for extreme-ultraviolet lithography
by use of a Fabry-Perot interference filter, APPLIED OPTICS, 47, C75~C78, 2008.
- Wideband Antireflection Coatings of Porous MgF2 Films by Using Glancing Angle Deposition,
JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, 51, 1501, 2007.
3) Kim, Ki-Sik (김기식)
* Office : 5N-311
* Tel : +82-32-860-7658
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* E-mail : kisik@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Physics / University of Rochester / USA
- M.S. : Physics / University of Nebraska / USA
* Research Area : Coherence and Quantum Optics
* Academic Works :
- “Triplet-Mode Analysis of A Beam Splitter,” J. Kor. Phys. Soc. 52, 170 (2008).
- “Polarization of completely coherent random electromagnetic beams,” Opt. Lett. 31, 146 (2006).
- “Nonclassical Measure of a multi-mode radiation field,” J. Kor. Phys. Soc. 44, 864 (2004).
4) Lee, Suk-Mock (이석목)
* Office : 5N-312
* Tel : 82-32-860-7661
* E-mail : smlee@inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Physics / University of Arizona / USA
- M.S. : Physics / University of Arizona / USA
* Research Area : Brillouin light scattering, Geometrical optics
* Academic Works :
- “Brillouin light scattering of CoFe/IrMn-based top and bottom spin-valves”, Current Applied
Physics 8, 177-180 (2008)
- “Analytical Determination of Multilayer Waveguide Modes”, J. Kor. Phs. Soc. 51, 104-106 (2007).
5) Noh, Jae-Woo (노재우)
* Office : 5N-307
* Tel : +82-32-860-7662
* E-mail : jnoh@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://photon.inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Physics / U Rochester / USA
- M.S. : Physics / KAIST / Korea
* Research Area : Quantum optics experiment, Quantum information
* Academic Works :
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- “Higher-order properties of photon-added coherent sates”, Opt. Comm. 281, 2842 (2008)
- “Pure-state single-photon wave-packet generation by parametric down-conversion in a
distributed micro-cavity”, Phys. Rev. A 72, 023825 (2005)
6) Kim, Kyong-Hon (김경헌)
* Office : 5N-310
* Tel : +82-32-860-7664
* E-mail :
kyongh@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://physics.inha.ac.kr/
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Physics / State Univ. of New York at Buffalo / USA
* Research Area : Photonics
* Academic Works :
- “Optical injection-induced polarization switching dynamics in 1.5 μm wavelength single-mode
vertical cavity surface emitting lasers,” Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 20,
No.10, pp.
779-781, 2008
- “Rayleigh-Backscattering-Suppressed Two-Way Quantum Key Distribution,” Journal of the
Korean Physical Society, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 5-10, 2008
- "2.5 Gb/s Hybrid SMF and MMF Transmission Test of 1.5-μm Wavelength VCSEL," Photonics
Technology Letters, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 297-299, 2007
7) Lee, Seung-Gol (이승걸)
* Office : H-512
* Tel : +82-32-860-7433
* E-mail :
sglee@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://opto.inha.ac.kr/
http://pimc.inha.ac.kr/
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Physics / Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / KOREA
- M.S. : Physics / Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology / KOREA
* Research Area : Optical Measurement & Inspection/ Optical Lithography Simulation/
Photonics CAD/ Optical Printed Circuit Board
* Academic Works :
- Effect of Incident Beam Width on Light Transmission Enhancement by Bow-Tie-shaped NanoAperture, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF
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COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 46(12), pp7991~7994, 2007.
- Reduction of an insertion loss in an interleaver with Gires-Tournois etalons by asymmetric
input-output port configuration, MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, 48,
pp2024~2028, 2006.
- Hybrid control method of Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope for characterization of
optical waveguide devices, JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, 47(96),
pps217~s221, 2005.
8) Kim, Hak-il (김학일)
* Office : H-514
* Tel : +82-32-860-7385
* E-mail :
hikim@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://vision.inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Electrical and Computer Engineering / Purdue University / USA
- M.S. : Electrical and Computer Engineering / Purdue University / USA
* Research Area : Computer Vision / Biometrics / Pattern Recognition / Robot Vision
* Academic Works :
- On Improving Interoperability of Fingerprint Recognition using Resolution Compensation
based on Sensor Evaluation, LNCS 4642, pp. 455-463, 2007.
- A Novel Circle Detection Method for Iris Segmentation, 2008 Congress on Image and
Signal Processing, pp. 620-624, May, 2008.
- Implementation of fast Sobel edge detector using SSE instructions, 2007 Korean
Conference on Information and Control, pp. 113-114, Oct., 2008.
9) Kim, Chun-Wu (김춘우)
* Office : H-515
* Tel : +82-32-860-7401
* E-mail :
cwkim@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://isl.electra.inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Electrical Engineering / Purdue University / USA
- M.S. : Electrical Engineering / Purdue University / USA
* Research Area : Color Image Enhancement and quality evaluation for Imaging systems such as
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digital TV, cellphones, and printers.
* Academic Works :
- An Efficient Frame rate up- conversion for mobile phone with projection
functionality, IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 1615-1621 Nov. 2007
- Image Enhancement for Plasma Display Panels,
Color Image Processing : Methods and
Applications, Chap. 18, CRC Press, 2006
- Resolution Enhancement Techniques for Halftoned Images Color Imaging X: Processing,
Hardcopy, and Applications, pp. 534~543, 2007.
10) O, Beom-Hoan (오범환)
* Office : H-513
* Tel : +82-32-860-7438
* E-mail : obh@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://mparc.inha.ac.kr/Quantum/HOME.html
* Educational Background :
- Ph.D. : Solid State Physics / University of Texas at Austin / USA
- M. S. : Condensed Matter Physics / Seoul National University / KOREA
* Research Area : Photonics/ Photonic Integrated Circuit/ MEMS Devices/ Nano Devices/
Semiconductor Physics / Plasma-Assisted Process/ Magnetism/…
* Academic Works :
- “Realization of various sub-micron metal patterns using room temperature nanoimprint
lithography”, THIN SOLID FILMS, Vol. 515, No. 12, pp.5153-5157, 2007. 04
-
“Fabrication
of
MMI
optical
power
splitter
by
UV
embossing
with
PDMS
mold”,
MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, Vol. 84, No. 5-8, pp. 1231-1234, 2007. 05
-
“Bending of a Carbon Nanotube in Vacuum Using a Focused Ion Beam”, Advanced Materials,
Vol 18, pp.95-98, 2006.01
11) Rhee, Phill-Kyu (이필규)
* Office : HighTech-1303
* Tel : +82-32-860-7448
* E-mail :
pkrhee@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://im.inha.ac.kr/
* Educational Background :
- Ph. D : Computer Science/ University of Louisiana (1990)
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- M.S. : Computer Science/ University of East Texas (1987)
* Research Area : Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Intelligent Sensor Data Processing
12) Lee, Cheon (이천)
* Office : H-625
* Tel : +82-32-860-7400
* E-mail : chnlee@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage : http://electrical.inha.ac.kr/Labs/micropro/
* Educational Background :
- Dr. Eng. : Electrical Engineering / Osaka University / Germany
- M.S. : Electrical Engineering/ Hanyang University / Korea
* Research Area : Semiconductor Processing, MEMS, Laser Engineering
* Academic Works :
-
Enhancement of Polymer Surface Adhesion by Laser Beam Irradiation for Microfluidic Chip
Application: Formation of a Channel on a Modified Surface, TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, 8권 6호, pp289~292, 2007.
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Surface Modification of Silicon by Laser Surface Treatment : Improvement of Adhesion and
Copper Deposition, JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, Vol.34 No.2, pp132~136, 2005.
-
Role of insertion layer controlling wavelength in InGaAs quantum dots, JAPANESE JOURNAL
OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 41,
pp4378~4381, 2002.
4. Course List
Course
Major
Course
Credit
Code
Taught in
English
VO601
Electricity and Magnetism 1
3
X
Program in
VO602
Electricity and Magnetism 2
3
X
Photonics
VO603
Optics Laboratory 1
3
X
and
VO604
Fourier Optics
3
X
VO605
Invention and Patent mind
3
X
VO606
Classical Mechanics
3
X
Informatics
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VO607
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
3
X
VO608
Quantum Mechanics 1
3
X
VO609
Quantum Mechanics 2
3
X
VO610
Quantum Optics 1
3
X
VO611
Nonlinear Optics 1
3
X
VO612
Statistical Mechanics
3
X
VO613
Mathematical Physics
3
X
VO614
Geometrical Optics
3
X
VO615
Physical Optics 1
3
X
VO616
Laser Physics 1
3
X
VO617
Advanced 3-Dimensional Graphics
3
X
VO618
Embedded software development
3
X
VO619
Project Management
3
X
VO620
Digital Signal Processing
3
X
VO621
Photonics
3
X
VO622
Digital Image Processing
3
X
VO623
Digital Imaging Systems
3
X
VO624
Advanced Electromagnetics
3
X
VO625
Waveguide Theory
3
X
VO626
Optoelectronics
3
X
VO627
Computational Modeling and Algorithm Design
3
X
VO628
Special Topics in BioIntelligence
3
X
VO629
Special Topics in Image Processing
3
X
VO630
Special Topics in Optical Communication
3
X
VO631
Optical Network
3
X
VO632
Special Topics in Information and Communication Devices
3
X
VO701
Quantum Optics 2
3
X
VO702
Nonlinear Optics 2
3
X
VO703
Atomic and Molecular Spectorscopy
3
X
VO704
Optics Laboratory 2
3
X
VO705
Physical Optics 2
3
X
VO706
Laser Physics 2
3
X
VO707
Lens Design
3
X
VO708
Thin Film Optics
3
X
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VO709
Radiation and Optical Detection
3
X
VO710
Special Topics in Optics
3
X
VO711
Solid State Optics
3
X
VO712
Photonics Applications
3
X
VO713
Quantum Information Optics
3
X
VO714
Display Optics
3
X
VO715
Topics in Computer Graphics
3
X
VO716
Design of Photonic Systemss
3
X
VO717
Special Topics on Photonic Device Fabrication
3
X
VO718
Spatial domain signal processing
3
X
VO719
Special Topics on Photonic Device Design
3
X
VO720
Special topics in Fiber optic communications
3
X
VO721
Special topics in optical devices
3
X
VO722
Quantum devices
3
X
VO723
Photonic Simulation
3
X
VO724
Advanced Photonic Devices
3
X
VO725
Advanced Optical Information Processing
3
X
VO726
Computer Vision
3
X
VO727
Image Communication Theory
3
X
VO728
Statistical Pattern Recognition
3
X
VO729
Advanced Information Theory
3
X
VO730
Integrated Circuit Processing Technology
3
X
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