• 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