Blazed Holographic Gratings-Formation By Surface Waves And Replication By Metal Electroforming

James J. Cowan

doi:10.1117/12.965627

10 February 1981 Blazed Holographic Gratings-Formation By Surface Waves And Replication By Metal Electroforming

James J. Cowan

Proceedings Volume 0240, Periodic Structures, Gratings, Moire Patterns, and Diffraction Phenomena I; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965627
Event: 24th Annual Technical Symposium, 1980, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The formation of a blazed holographic grating, using the interference of an ordinary plane wave with a surface wave is considered. The usual holographic recording arrangement has been modified such that a positive photoresist recording layer is coated on one face of a prism; one of the recording beams is totally reflected from the prism such that the surface wave thus formed enters the photoresist from the back side. The other recording beam also enters from the back side, but is an ordinary plane wave. The resulting interference fringes are inclined with respect to the normal. With this arrangement the profile can be contoured more precisely than usual and many variations in the shape of the profile are possible. Modifications of the method described here allow the formation of gratings on curved surfaces and in some cases correction for aberrations. Once a profile has been formed in this fashion in photoresist it is possible to replicate it exactly in a durable metal layer using electroforming techniques. Such gratings are applicable for use in specrometers where high beam intensities must be taken into account.

Citation Download Citation

James J. Cowan "Blazed Holographic Gratings-Formation By Surface Waves And Replication By Metal Electroforming", Proc. SPIE 0240, Periodic Structures, Gratings, Moire Patterns, and Diffraction Phenomena I, (10 February 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965627

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available