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Method and apparatus for generating periodic structures in substrates by synthetic wavelength holograph exposure

US6709790B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 2, 1996
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/1857
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A substrate surface 10 having a photo-sensitive material surface thereon is simultaneously exposed to four plane waves of light at angles of incidence &thgr;, −&thgr;, &phgr; and −&phgr; subtending from the normal of the surface. The four plane waves create an interference pattern on the substrate so as to cause the formation of a periodic structure on the photo-sensitive material surface of the substrate.

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