• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 3, Issue 4, 158 (2015)
James Leibold and Ribal Georges Sabat*
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, STN Forces, Kingston, Ontario K7K7B4, Canada
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.3.000158 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    James Leibold, Ribal Georges Sabat. Laser-induced controllable chirped-pitch circular surface-relief diffraction gratings on AZO glass[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(4): 158 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Chirped-pitch nanoscale circular surface-relief diffraction gratings were photoinscribed on thin films of a Disperse Red 1 functionalized material using a holographic technique. A truncated conical mirror splits and redirects a converging or diverging laser beam, resulting in an interference pattern of concentric circles with a chirped pitch that can be controlled by varying the wavefront curvature. The resulting circular gratings have a diameter of 12mm and have the advantage of being produced in a fast, single-step procedure with no requirement for a master grating, photomask, or milling equipment.
    (X,Y)=(2lcosθ,s2lsinθ),(1)

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    X=mcos(2θ)+m+ssin(2θ),Y=scos(2θ)msin(2θ).(2)

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    OPD(δ)=ρ2ρ2=(Xδ)2+Y2δ2+s2.(3)

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    OPD(δ+Λ)OPD(δ)=λ.(4)

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    h=mtan(2θ)tanθ.(5)

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    hc=mcosθ(msin(2θ)scos(2θ))2mcosθ+sinθ.(6)

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    James Leibold, Ribal Georges Sabat. Laser-induced controllable chirped-pitch circular surface-relief diffraction gratings on AZO glass[J]. Photonics Research, 2015, 3(4): 158
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