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Fabrication method and equipment for diffraction gratings

US4792197A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 1986
Grant dateDec 20, 1988
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Expiry dateJul 18, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S359/90
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and equipment for fabricating two diffraction gratings having the same period but phases that are shifted by .lambda./4 on a work to be treated. A laser beam is divided into two light beams and one of the beams is delayed over a portion of the light beam. The divided light beams are then mixed together so that they interfere. Using the known photolithography technology, the interference patterns are formed into diffraction gratings.

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