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A new combined interferometric-mask method is suggested and realized for creation of 3-dimensional (3D) holographic
periodic and quasi-periodic structures in photorefractive materials. The method is based on the preparation of 2-
dimensional (2D) micrometric scale masks with different symmetries and illumination of the photorefractive material
through the mask by Gaussian beam in combination with back reflecting mirror. The counter-propagating beam
geometry builds up Gaussian standing wave, which determines the third half-wave period of the grating in the axial
direction. Thus, the created 3D intensity pattern can be represented as numerous mask-generated 2D quasi-periodic
structures located in each anti-node of the standing wave.
The formed intensity pattern can be imparted into the photorefractive medium via electro-optic effect, thus creating
micro- and sub-micro scale 3D refractive index volume gratings with new symmetries and properties. The gratings were
recorded by 532 nm cw laser beams in Fe-doped lithium niobate crystals taking into account their high photorefractive
properties and possibility of creating the persistent gratings. The gratings formed have ~ 10 μm period in radial and
azimuthal directions and ~266 nm in axial direction. The gratings were interrogated by diffraction of low intensity
Gaussian probe beams from the recorded structures.
Anahit Badalyan,Ruben Hovsepyan,Vahram Mekhitaryan,Paytsar Mantashyan, andRafael Drampyan
"Combined interferometric-mask method for creation of micro- and sub-micrometric scale 3D structures in photorefractive materials", Proc. SPIE 7998, International Conference on Laser Physics 2010, 79980H (4 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.890933
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Anahit Badalyan, Ruben Hovsepyan, Vahram Mekhitaryan, Paytsar Mantashyan, Rafael Drampyan, "Combined interferometric-mask method for creation of micro- and sub-micrometric scale 3D structures in photorefractive materials," Proc. SPIE 7998, International Conference on Laser Physics 2010, 79980H (4 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.890933