DocumentCode
688849
Title
Coherent stitching of light in femtosecond laser formed multi-layered volume gratings
Author
Ng, Manwa L. ; Chanda, D. ; Herman, Peter R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a novel method for improving diffraction efficiency through strategic arrangement of multilayered weak phase gratings to coincide with Talbot planes. Multilayered volume gratings were written inside fused silica with femtosecond lasers.
Keywords
Talbot effect; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; light coherence; optical multilayers; silicon compounds; SiO2; Talbot planes; coherent light stitching; diffraction efficiency; femtosecond laser; fused silica; multilayered volume gratings; multilayered weak phase gratings; Diffraction; Diffraction gratings; Finite difference methods; Gratings; Indexes; Time-domain analysis; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833225
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