High efficiency germanium immersion gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6273 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuzmenko, Paul J ^a   Davis, Pete J ^a   Little, Steve L ^a   Little, Liesl M ^a   Bixler, Jay V ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond machining; Diffraction efficiency; Germanium; Immersion grating

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND MACHINING; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; GRATING SPECTRAL RESPONSE; IMMERSION GRATINGS;

LASERS; MACHINING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WAVEFRONTS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33749585245     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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