Femtosecond laser micromachining for volume optics fabrication

Author

Gerke, Tim D. ; Piestun, Rafael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A femtosecond laser is used to create a new type of volumetric diffractive optical element. The structured elements are designed to perform diffractive functions including pattern generation, and angular multiplexing.

Keywords

computer-generated holography; diffractive optical elements; high-speed optical techniques; holographic optical elements; laser beam machining; micromachining; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; angular multiplexing; computer-generated hologram; diffractive function; femtosecond laser micromachining; pattern generation; volume optics fabrication; volumetric diffractive optical element design; Algorithm design and analysis; Design optimization; Micromachining; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; Writing; (050.1970) Diffractive optics; (220.4000) Microstructure fabrication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225684