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Laser ablative shaping of plastic optical components for phase control
T Jitsuno1, K Tokumura, N Nakashima
1Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. jitsuno@ile.osaka-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
A new scheme for phase control of optical components with laser ablation has been developed. One can ablate the surface shape of optical plastic material coated on a glass plate by using 193-nm laser light to control the transmission wave front. The surface shape is monitored in situ and corrected to attain the desired aberration level. The irradiation fluence is approximately 40 mJ/cm(2), and the ablation depth/pulse is approximately 0.01 microm/pulse for UV-cured resin. A wave-front aberration of 3.0 lambda is reduced to 0.17 lambda for flat surface shaping. For spherical surface generation, an aberration of 2.5 lambda is reduced to 0.2 lambda. The increase in surface roughness is kept within acceptable levels.
