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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2008
Applicants:

Thomas K. Gaylord, Atlanta, GA (US);

Justin L. Stay, Suwanee, GA (US);

James D. Meindl, Marietta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas K. Gaylord, Atlanta, GA (US);

Justin L. Stay, Suwanee, GA (US);

James D. Meindl, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Improved photo-masks for use in fabricating periodic structures are disclosed herein. Methods of making periodic structures, as well as the periodic structures fabricated therefrom, are also disclosed. The photo-mask can include a body element and one or more sets of diffractive elements and/or refractive elements disposed on the body element or within the body element. Each set of diffractive elements and/or refractive elements can be configured to produce four non-coplanar beams of light when a beam of light is passed through it. Each set of four non-coplanar beams of light can be used to interferometrically produce a specific periodic structure at a specific location within a photosensitive recording material.


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