Grayscale homogenizers in calcium fluoride

Jeffrey Lawrence; Lamarr Simmons; Andrew Stockham; John G. Smith; Gregg Borek; Matthias Cumme; Roman Kleindienst; Peter Weissbrodt

doi:10.1117/12.767531

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6 February 2008 Grayscale homogenizers in calcium fluoride

Jeffrey Lawrence, Lamarr Simmons, Andrew Stockham, John G. Smith, Gregg Borek, Matthias Cumme, Roman Kleindienst, Peter Weissbrodt

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Proceedings Volume 6883, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics; 68830O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767531
Event: MOEMS-MEMS 2008 Micro and Nanofabrication, 2008, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Standard UV materials, such as ArF-grade fused silica, have impurities that lead to low transmittance, high absorption, and fluorescence when exposed to high irradiance. Calcium fluoride (CaF₂), on the other hand, is a promising material for use as an optical diffuser for applications at 157nm, 193nm, and 248nm due to its low defect density and high transmission in the deep UV regime. In this paper, we discuss our method for fabricating Gaussian homogenizers in calcium fluoride using a grayscale photolithography process. Refractive microlens array homogenizers and Gaussian homogenizers have been fabricated in CaF₂ and tested at 193nm for efficiency and uniformity. Using an excimer laser, uniformity results were obtained for cylindrical lens arrays in tandem and crossed to observe the homogeneity in an imaging configuration and for producing a square output. Efficiency, uniformity, and zero order measurements are provided for the Gaussian homogenizers.

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Jeffrey Lawrence, Lamarr Simmons, Andrew Stockham, John G. Smith, Gregg Borek, Matthias Cumme, Roman Kleindienst, and Peter Weissbrodt "Grayscale homogenizers in calcium fluoride", Proc. SPIE 6883, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics, 68830O (6 February 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767531

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