Diamond grating waveplates

作者:For**erg Pontus*; Malmstrom Mikael; Catalan Ernesto Vargas; Karlsson Mikael
来源:Optical Materials Express, 2016, 6(6): 2024-2030.
DOI:10.1364/OME.6.002024

摘要

Two designs of diamond quarter-wave plates for CO2 lasers, based on the birefringence of sub-wavelength gratings, were manufactured and tested. In one design the grating was etched on the surface of a 300 mu m thick polycrystalline diamond substrate. The other consisted of a diamond grating hanging freely in air, suspended at the edges from a silicon frame. The free-hanging design, while more fragile, had several advantages both in terms of fabrication and performance such as a larger grating period, higher transmission, and no need for an antireflective treatment of the backside.

  • 出版日期2016-6-1