Title
High-efficiency 1.5 mu m thick optical axis grating and its use for laser beam combining
Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Lett.
Keywords
LIQUID-CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; EXTERNAL-CAVITY; ALIGNMENT; Optics
Abstract
We demonstrate an optical axis grating (OAG) recorded in a nematic liquid crystal that yields a higher than 80% diffraction efficiency and over 800:1 switching contrast between diffraction orders for a laser beam of a red wavelength in a material layer only 1.5 mu m thick. The grating was used for combining two laser beams with high efficiency. These observations prove the feasibility of new generation high-efficiency diffractive optical components, which are most promising for infrared and high-power applications owing to their enhanced transparency and reduced thermal effects in thin material layers. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
Journal Title
Optics Letters
Volume
32
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
169
Last Page
171
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0146-9592
Recommended Citation
"High-efficiency 1.5 mu m thick optical axis grating and its use for laser beam combining" (2007). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 7631.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/7631
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