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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Materials Science
    • Nanofabrication

    Background:

    • Diffractive optical elements offer miniaturization and novel functionalities.
    • Achieving high efficiency in diffractive lenses is crucial for practical applications.
    • Fused quartz is a suitable material for optical components due to its stability and transparency.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate a spherical diffractive lens fabricated in fused quartz.
    • To achieve high transmitted zeroth-order efficiency using a modulated 2D binary grating.
    • To validate the lens's performance by imaging a diffraction-limited focal spot.

    Main Methods:

    • Fabrication of a spherical diffractive lens using a single lithography step.
    • Design and characterization of a modulated two-dimensional binary grating.
    • Rigorous eigenmode analysis to optimize the grating's fill factor for phase modulation.
    • Optical testing to evaluate the focal spot characteristics.

    Main Results:

    • Successful fabrication of a diffractive lens in fused quartz for 632.8-nm wavelength.
    • The lens design achieved high transmitted zeroth-order efficiency.
    • Optical imaging demonstrated a focal spot with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) matching the diffraction limit.

    Conclusions:

    • The demonstrated diffractive lens offers a simple and efficient method for focusing light.
    • The single-step lithography fabrication process is advantageous for scalability.
    • This technology holds promise for applications requiring compact, high-performance optical components.