Transmission gratings designed by computed interference between simulated optical signals and fabricated by reduction lithography
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G02B-006/34
G03H-001/00
G03H-001/04
출원번호
UP-0531274
(2006-09-12)
등록번호
US-7519248
(2009-07-01)
발명자
/ 주소
Iazikov, Dmitri
Mossberg, Thomas W.
Greiner, Christoph M.
출원인 / 주소
LightSmyth Technologies Inc
대리인 / 주소
Alavi, David S.
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A method comprises computing an interference pattern between a simulated design input optical signal and a simulated design output optical signal, and computationally deriving an arrangement of at least one diffractive element set from the computed interference pattern. The interference pattern is c
A method comprises computing an interference pattern between a simulated design input optical signal and a simulated design output optical signal, and computationally deriving an arrangement of at least one diffractive element set from the computed interference pattern. The interference pattern is computed in a transmission grating region, with the input and output optical signals each propagating through the transmission grating region as substantially unconfined optical beams. The arrangement of diffractive element set is computationally derived so that when the diffractive element set thus arranged is formed in or on a transmission grating, each diffractive element set would route, between corresponding input and output optical ports, a corresponding diffracted portion of an input optical signal incident on and transmitted by the transmission grating. The method can further comprise forming the set of diffractive elements in or on the transmission grating according to the derived arrangement.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method, comprising: computing in a transmission grating region an interference pattern between a simulated design input optical signal and a simulated design output optical signal, the input and output optical signals each propagating through the transmission grating region
What is claimed is: 1. A method, comprising: computing in a transmission grating region an interference pattern between a simulated design input optical signal and a simulated design output optical signal, the input and output optical signals each propagating through the transmission grating region as substantially unconfined optical beams; computationally deriving an arrangement for at least one diffractive element set from the computed interference pattern, so that when the diffractive element set thus arranged is formed in or on a transmission grating, each diffractive element set would route, between corresponding input and output optical ports, a corresponding diffracted portion of an input optical signal incident on and transmitted by the transmission grating; and forming the set of diffractive elements in or on the transmission grating according to the arrangement derived therefor, wherein diffractive elements of the set comprise a set of spaced-apart non-transmissive filaments. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffractive element set is arranged so as to exhibit a wavelength dependent propagation direction of the output optical signal. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffractive elements exhibit a spatially varying spacing between adjacent elements. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffractive elements exhibit a spatially varying diffractive amplitude distribution. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the diffractive elements are formed by electroplating, stamping, ion exchange, lithographic scribing, photolithography, projection photolithography, reduction photolithography, injection molding, embossing, spin-coating, injection molding, roll-pressing, UV-curing, contact printing, or laser or proton beam direct writing. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising replicating the diffractive element set by stamping, embossing, pressing, injection molding, or roll pressing. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is computationally derived at least in part from a phase function of an interferogram of the interference pattern. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is derived from a spatially-invariant diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 9. The method of claim 7, wherein each element of the diffractive element set is defined with respect to a constant-phase-difference contour of the phase function of the interferogram. 10. The method of claim 7, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is derived from a spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the intensity of the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is proportional to a magnitude of the simulated design input optical signal, to a magnitude of the simulated design output optical signal, or to a product of the magnitudes of the design input and output optical signals. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spatial transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the input optical signal between the input optical port and the output optical port. 13. The method of claim 10, wherein the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spectral or temporal transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the input optical signal between the input optical port and the output optical port. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the simulated design input and output optical signals comprises a continuous-wave optical signal. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the simulated design input optical signal comprises a substantially transform-limited optical pulse, and the simulated design output optical signal comprises a Fourier transform of a desired spectral transfer function. 16. A method, comprising: computing in a transmission grating region an interference pattern between a simulated design input optical signal and a simulated design output optical signal, the input and output optical signals each propagating through the transmission grating region as substantially unconfined optical beams; computationally deriving an arrangement for at least one diffractive element set from the computed interference pattern, so that when the diffractive element set thus arranged is formed in or on a transmission grating, each diffractive element set would route, between corresponding input and output optical ports, a corresponding diffracted portion of an input optical signal incident on and transmitted by the transmission grating; and forming the set of diffractive elements in or on the transmission grating according to the arrangement derived therefor, wherein the transmission grating is substantially flat, and the diffractive element set is arranged so that the respective wavefronts of the input and output optical signals exhibit differing convergence, divergence, or collimation properties. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the diffractive element set comprises a surface relief structure. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein diffractive elements of the set each comprise a binary refractive index modulation. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein diffractive elements of the set each comprise more than two levels of refractive index modulation. 20. The method of claim 16, wherein the diffractive element set is arranged so as to exhibit a wavelength dependent propagation direction of the output optical signal. 21. The method of claim 16, wherein the diffractive elements exhibit a spatially varying spacing between adjacent elements. 22. The method of claim 16, wherein the diffractive elements exhibit a spatially varying diffractive amplitude distribution. 23. The method of claim 16, wherein the diffractive elements are formed by electroplating, stamping, ion exchange, lithographic scribing, photolithography, projection photolithography, reduction photolithography, injection molding, embossing, spin-coating, roll-pressing, UV-curing, contact printing, or laser or proton beam direct writing. 24. The method of claim 16, further comprising replicating the diffractive element set by stamping, embossing, pressing, injection molding, or roll pressing. 25. The method of claim 16, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is computationally derived at least in part from a phase function of an interferogram of the interference pattern. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is derived from a spatially-invariant diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 27. The method of claim 25, wherein each element of the diffractive element set is defined with respect to a constant-phase-difference contour of the phase function of the interferogram. 28. The method of claim 25, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is derived from a spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein the intensity of the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is proportional to a magnitude of the simulated design input optical signal, to a magnitude of the simulated design output optical signal, or to a product of the magnitudes of the design input and output optical signals. 30. The method of claim 28, wherein the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spatial transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the input optical signal between the input optical port and the output optical port. 31. The method of claim 28, wherein the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spectral or temporal transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the input optical signal between the input optical port and the output optical port. 32. The method of claim 16, wherein each of the simulated design input and output optical signals comprises a continuous-wave optical signal. 33. The method of claim 16, wherein the simulated design input optical signal comprises a substantially transform-limited optical pulse, and the simulated design output optical signal comprises a Fourier transform of a desired spectral transfer function. 34. A method, comprising: computing in a transmission grating region an interference pattern between a simulated design input optical signal and a simulated design output optical signal, the input and output optical signals each propagating through the transmission grating region as substantially unconfined optical beams; computationally deriving an arrangement for at least one diffractive element set from the computed interference pattern, so that when the diffractive element set thus arranged is formed in or on a transmission grating, each diffractive element set would route, between corresponding input and output optical ports, a corresponding diffracted portion of an input optical signal incident on and transmitted by the transmission grating; and forming the set of diffractive elements in or on the transmission grating according to the arrangement derived therefor, wherein the diffractive elements are formed by projection photolithography with a mask having a mask size scale that is larger than a corresponding diffractive element size scale. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein the diffractive element set comprises a surface relief structure. 36. The method of claim 34, wherein diffractive elements of the set each comprise a binary refractive index modulation. 37. The method of claim 34, wherein diffractive elements of the set each comprise more than two levels of refractive index modulation. 38. The method of claim 34, wherein the diffractive element set is arranged so as to exhibit a wavelength dependent propagation direction of the output optical signal. 39. The method of claim 34, wherein the diffractive elements exhibit a spatially varying spacing between adjacent elements. 40. The method of claim 34, wherein the diffractive elements exhibit a spatially varying diffractive amplitude distribution. 41. The method of claim 34, further comprising replicating the diffractive element set by stamping, embossing, pressing, injection molding, or roll pressing. 42. The method of claim 34, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is computationally derived at least in part from a phase function of an interferogram of the interference pattern. 43. The method of claim 42, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is derived from a spatially-invariant diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 44. The method of claim 42, wherein each element of the diffractive element set is defined with respect to a constant-phase-difference contour of the phase function of the interferogram. 45. The method of claim 42, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of the set is derived from a spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 46. The method of claim 45, wherein the intensity of the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is proportional to a magnitude of the simulated design input optical signal, to a magnitude of the simulated design output optical signal, or to a product of the magnitudes of the design input and output optical signals. 47. The method of claim 45, wherein the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spatial transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the input optical signal between the input optical port and the output optical port. 48. The method of claim 45, wherein the spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spectral or temporal transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the input optical signal between the input optical port and the output optical port. 49. A method, comprising: computing in a transmission grating region an interference pattern between a simulated design input optical signal and a simulated design output optical signal, the input and output optical signals each propagating through the transmission grating region as substantially unconfined optical beams; computationally deriving an arrangement for at least one diffractive element set from the computed interference pattern, so that when the diffractive element set thus arranged is formed in or on a transmission grating, each diffractive element set would route, between corresponding input and output optical ports, a corresponding diffracted portion of an input optical signal incident on and transmitted by the transmission grating; computing in a transmission grating region an interference pattern between the simulated design input optical signal and a second simulated design output optical signal or between a second simulated design input optical signal and the simulated design output optical signal, the input and output optical signals each propagating through the transmission grating region as substantially unconfined optical beams; computationally deriving an arrangement of diffractive elements for a second diffractive element set, so that when the second diffractive element set is formed in or on the transmission grating, a second diffracted portion of the input optical signal would be routed between the input optical port and a second output optical port, or a diffracted portion of a second input optical signal would be routed between a second input optical port and the output optical port; and forming the first and second sets of diffractive elements in or on the transmission grating according to the corresponding arrangements derived therefor, wherein the corresponding contours of the first and second diffractive element sets are spatially coherent so as to result in a designed phase relationship among the first and second input optical signal and the output optical signal or among the input optical signal and the first and second output optical signals. 50. The method of claim 34, wherein each of the simulated design input and output optical signals comprises a continuous-wave optical signal. 51. The method of claim 34, wherein the simulated design input optical signal comprises a substantially transform-limited optical pulse, and the simulated design output optical signal comprises a Fourier transform of a desired spectral transfer function. 52. The method of claim 49, wherein each of the first and second diffractive element sets comprises a surface relief structure. 53. The method of claim 49, wherein diffractive elements of the set each comprise a binary refractive index modulation. 54. The method of claim 49, wherein diffractive elements of the first and second sets each comprise more than two levels of refractive index modulation. 55. The method of claim 49, wherein at least one of the diffractive element sets is arranged so as to exhibit a wavelength dependent propagation direction of the output optical signal. 56. The method of claim 49, wherein the diffractive elements of at least one of the sets exhibit a spatially varying spacing between adjacent elements. 57. The method of claim 49, wherein the diffractive elements of at least one of the sets exhibit a spatially varying diffractive amplitude distribution. 58. The method of claim 49, wherein the diffractive elements are formed by electroplating, stamping, ion exchange, lithographic scribing, photolithography, projection photolithography, reduction photolithography, injection molding, embossing, spin-coating, roll-pressing, UV-curing, contact printing, or laser or proton beam direct writing. 59. The method of claim 49, further comprising replicating the diffractive element set by stamping, embossing, pressing, injection molding, or roll pressing. 60. The method of claim 49, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of each set is computationally derived at least in part from a phase function of an interferogram of the corresponding interference pattern. 61. The method of claim 60, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of each set is derived from a corresponding spatially-invariant diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 62. The method of claim 60, wherein each element of the diffractive element sets is defined with respect to a constant-phase-difference contour of the phase function of the corresponding interferogram. 63. The method of claim 60, wherein the arrangement of the diffractive elements of each set is derived from a corresponding spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution. 64. The method of claim 63, wherein the intensity of the corresponding spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is proportional to a magnitude of the corresponding simulated design input optical signal, to a magnitude of the corresponding simulated design output optical signal, or to a product of the magnitudes of the corresponding design input and output optical signals. 65. The method of claim 63, wherein the corresponding spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spatial transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the corresponding input optical signal between the corresponding input optical port and the corresponding output optical port. 66. The method of claim 63, wherein the corresponding spatially-varying diffractive amplitude spatial distribution is chosen to yield a desired spectral or temporal transformation upon routing the diffracted portion of the corresponding input optical signal between the corresponding input optical port and the corresponding output optical port. 67. The method of claim 49, wherein each of the simulated design input and output optical signals comprises a continuous-wave optical signal. 68. The method of claim 49, wherein the simulated design input optical signal comprises a substantially transform-limited optical pulse, and the corresponding simulated design output optical signal comprises a Fourier transform of a desired spectral transfer function.
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