Fabrication and characterization of femtosecond laser direct written volume diffractive optical elements in fused silica

Author

Choi, Jiyeon ; Richardson, Martin

Author_Institution

CREOL & FPCE, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have demonstrated femtosecond laser direct written volume diffractive optical elements in a fused silica. The fabrication of a built-in coupler consisting of a direct written waveguide and a Fresnel lens has been described.

Keywords

Fresnel diffraction; diffractive optical elements; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; laser materials processing; lenses; micro-optics; optical couplers; optical fabrication; silicon compounds; zone plates; Fresnel lens; SiO₂; built-in coupler fabrication; direct written waveguide; femtosecond laser direct writting; fused silica; micrometer-sized DOE; volume Fresnel zone plates; volume diffractive optical elements; Holographic optical components; Holography; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast optics; (140.3390) Laser materials processing; (320.2250) Femtosecond phenomena;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571894