• DocumentCode
    689560
  • Title

    Chirped volume Bragg gratings as broad spectrum focusing or collimating elements

  • Author

    Divliansky, I. ; SeGall, Marc ; Ott, Daniel ; Glebov, Leonid

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the use of chirped volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) as flat focusing elements for wavelengths different than the wavelength used for recording of the Bragg grating and with efficiencies of up to 95%. The VBGs were recorded in photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass with laser generating at 325 nm and were tested with wavelengths ranging from visible up to near IR spectral regions and beam sizes from one to three millimeters, achieving diffraction limited quality in all cases.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; light diffraction; optical collimators; optical focusing; optical glass; VBG; beam sizes; broad spectrum focusing; chirped volume Bragg gratings; collimating elements; diffraction limited quality; flat focusing elements; near IR spectral region; photothermorefractive glass; visible spectral region; wavelength 325 nm; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Diffraction; Focusing; Glass; Laser beams; Optical beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833947