PERMANENT PHOTOWRITTEN OPTICAL GRATINGS IN IRRADIATED SILICATE-GLASSES

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作者
WILLIAMS, GM
DUTT, DA
RULLER, JA
FRIEBELE, EJ
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[1] VIRGINIA POLYTECH INST & STATE UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,BLACKSBURG,VA 24061
[2] SFA INC,LANDOVER,MD 20785
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10.1364/OL.17.000532
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We show that permanent optical gratings can be photowritten into simple silicate glasses by exposure to interfering beams of an Ar-ion laser after the glass has been treated by x rays. Gratings with index modulations as large as DELTA-n = 10(-5) can be formed in less than a minute by exposure to write beams with intensities of the order of 50 W/cm2.
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