Design and fabrication of a polarization-independent wideband transmission fused-silica grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4108-4112

  Cao, Hongchao ^a   Zhou, Changhe ^a   Feng, Jijun ^a   Lu, Peng ^a   Ma, Jianyong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER LASERS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; POLARIZATION; SILICA; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHIRPED PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS; HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDINGS; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT; PROFILE PARAMETERS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SIMPLIFIED MODAL METHODS; THEORETICAL VALUES; WIDEBAND TRANSMISSIONS;

FUSED SILICA;

EID: 77955894752     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.004108     Document Type: Article

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