Formation of holographic diffraction gratings in thin films of chalcogenide glassy semiconductors
Abstract
The paper presents a study of the formation of holographic diffraction gratings in thin films of chalcogenide glassy semiconductors. The recording process of holographic gratings at the argon-laser radiation wave length 488 nm and the process of chemical etching that enables the formation of а relief holographic grating are analysed. The optimum conditions for the formation of diffraction gratings in films of arsenic sulfide As2S3 are defined. It is shown that at the 488 nm wave length of an argon laser the optimum exposure comes to ∼5–8 J/cm2. At the recording stage a quasi-phase (relief-phase) grating is formed, with the diffraction efficiency on the order of a few per cent. Etching of the exposed sample with a solution of NaOH alkali in deionised water and isopropanol makes it possible to increase considerably the relief depth and to improve the diffraction efficiency of a thin diffraction grating approximately up to 20 % for the red spectral region, and to approach the maximal value ∼34 % for the near infra-red region. The results of the study considered look promising for the creation of relief holographic gratings which are essential in present-day optical instrument building (production of spectral devices, holographic sights, and the like).
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