Diffraction Grating Development.
Abstract
Grating samples for use as laser beam samplers were produced and tested for evaluation of various production methods and analytical solutions of grating diffraction. The grating samples were tested for scatter, absorptance, microscopic surface quality, sample wavefront quality, and variation of diffraction efficiency with polarization. Both ruling and ion etching were shown to produce good grating samples and used to produce gratings on large metal mirrors. Two large ruled gratings were experimentally evaluated as a series grating wavefront sampler. A series grating wavefront sampler was evaluated analytically for misalignment errors and high-power laser thermal effects.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA008199
Entities
People
- A. F. Slomba
- G. Campe
- J. Bartas
- J. S. Harris
- R. Arnold