Diffractive optical elements with continuous relief fabricated by focused ion beam for monomode fiber coupling

Optics Express

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-147

  Yong Qi, Fu ^a   Bryan, Ngoi Kok Ann ^a   Shing, Ong Nan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; ION BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS (DOE); FIBER COUPLING; FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB);

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0000768854     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.7.000141     Document Type: Article

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