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Michael Häckel1, Lothar Kador, Carsten Frenz
1Institute of Physics and Bayreuther Institut für Makromolekülforschung, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany. michael.haeckel@uni-bayreuth.de
Abstract:
Diffraction of monochromatic light on a grating leads to the attenuation of the transmitted beam of diffraction order zero. In the case of a thick grating the diffraction efficiency, and hence the effective attenuation coefficient, is a fast-varying function of the Bragg mismatch angle. According to Kramers-Kronig theory, the transmitted beam encounters a phase shift that also depends on the mismatch angle. This phase shift is measured for holographic gratings in a photoaddressable block copolymer and compared with analytical calculations.
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