Dynamic polarization and mechanical tuning of slanted wire diffraction gratings

  • V. Paige Stinson
  • , Uma Subash
  • , Nuren Shuchi
  • , Menelaos K. Poutous
  • , Tino Hofmann

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Abstract

As advancing technology pushes to further miniaturize systems while increasing processing power, optical structures which offer dynamic tunability are becoming ever more valuable. Diffractive gratings popularly offer high efficiencies and can be readily designed to provide polarization sensitivity, making them useful as dynamic structured optics. Recently, slanted wire gratings compatible with fabrication by two-photon polymerization were investigated for their ability to be mechanically tuned. Potential applications for this grating may be in mechanical sensing and beam splitting. In this study, we investigate an additional degree of tunability not previously considered by exploiting the polarization sensitivity as well as the mechanical. It is observed that the population of the -1st, 0th, and +1st transmitted orders are sensitive to changes between x- and y-axis polarization.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXIII
EditorsHans Zappe, Wibool Piyawattanametha, Wibool Piyawattanametha, Yong-Hwa Park
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510670587
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
EventMOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXIII 2024 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Jan 29 2024Jan 30 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12899
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceMOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXIII 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period1/29/241/30/24

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • diffractive grating
  • infrared
  • MOEMS
  • tunable optics
  • two-photon polymerization

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