Title :
Rapid fabrication of optical volume gratings embedded in Foturan glass with femtosecond laser pulses
Author :
He, Fei ; Cheng, Ya ; Xu, Zhizhan ; Sugioka, Koji ; Midorikawa, Katsumi
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of High Field Laser Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We report on rapid fabrication of optical volume gratings in Foturan glass using a modulated femtosecond laser focused with cylindrical lenses. The volume nature and diffraction efficiency of the fabricated gratings are further investigated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; lenses; optical fabrication; optical focusing; optical glass; optical modulation; Foturan glass; cylindrical lenses; diffraction efficiency; femtosecond laser pulse; laser focusing; laser modulation; optical volume grating; rapid fabrication; Chemical lasers; Glass; Gratings; Laser theory; Optical device fabrication; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Temperature; Ultrafast optics; laser material processing; ultrafast lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292280
