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29 July 1981Limitations Of Holographic Grating Lenses
An important area in integrated optics application is optical signal processing, such as RF spectral analysis, which may benefit from the rigidity of guided-wave optical construction and the efficiency of wide-band surface acousto-optic interaction. The optical lenses required for this device can be made of periodic structures holographically. The design aspects of periodic gratings in planar optical waveguide and the limitations of these grating lenses are described.