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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1994
Robert W Brandstetter, Levittown, NY (US);
Nils J Fonneland, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for fabricating a multiple holographic element. The method comprises the steps of forming a master multiple holographic element having an absorption grating pattern that produces a given index of refraction pattern across the master multiple holographic element, coating the master holographic element with a layer of a photopolymer, and directing a recording beam to and through the master holographic element and into the photopolymer layer. The absorption grating pattern of the master holographic element modulates the amplitude of the recording beam, and the modulated recording beam causes the monomers of the photopolymer to form a monomer pattern that produces the given index of refraction pattern across the photopolymer layer. The method further comprises the steps of fixing the monomers of the photopolymer layer in that monomer pattern to form thereby a copy of the multiple holographic element, and removing the photopolymer layer from the master holographic element.