Fabrication of high-efficiency diffraction gratings in glass

Autor: Shuhei Tanaka, Yutaka Kuroiwa, Nobuhito Takeshima, Yoshihiro Narita, Kazuyuki Hirao
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: OPTICS LETTERS. 30(4):352-354
ISSN: 0146-9592
Popis: We investigated a microfabrication process for optical gratings with periods of micrometer order that use ultrafast laser pulses in semiconductor-doped glass. ZnS- or PbS-doped SiO2-A12O3-B2O3-CaO-ZnO-Na2O-K2O glass was prepared by a melting method. Glass transmission diffraction gratings with a high refractive-index difference were fabricated with femtosecond laser pulses. The first-order diffraction efficiencies of these gratings were approximately 80%, and the first-order diffraction angles of these gratings were 8 degrees at telecommunication wavelengths.
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