Abstract:
A system and a method for recording interference fringes in a photosensitive medium. Two light beams are guided along different light paths to impinge on a photosensitive medium, where they interfere to produce the interference fringes. One of the beam is reflected along its path on a delay mirror forming a fixed angle null with respect to the plane of the photosensitive medium. Both the photosensitive medium and delay mirror are translated with respect to the light paths of the two beams, thereby recording the interference fringes all along the medium. The angle null is chosen so that the interference pattern is fixed relative to the photosensitive medium along its length.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing complex gratings masks having phase shifted regions and a holographic set-up for making the same are disclosed. The method, which can be easily automated, allows to produce arbitrary phase shift in holographically recorded gratings with high precision. In a preferred embodiment, the phase is controlled by a fringe locking system with a movable locking detector and a phase measuring device such as a camera for example, thereby allowing to provide a real-time phase locking and a real-time calibration of the set-up.