Variable surface profile gratings in sol-gel glass fabricated by holographic interference

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1925-1930

  Yu, Weixing ^a   Yuan, X C ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SOL-GELS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EXPOSURE TIME; MICROOPTICAL ELEMENTS; SOL-GEL GLASS; SUBMICROMETER;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 2942748219     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001925     Document Type: Article

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