title: Imprinted diffractive optics for terahertz radiation.
abstract: Terahertz diffractive optic elements have been fabricated in polypropylene by imprinting with a silicon master. A silicon master is created with eight phase levels for high diffraction efficiency and etched using inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching. This technique enables the rapid replication of complex optical structures in a high transmission material. Excellent replication of multilevel high efficiency Fresnel lenses is shown. The resulting lenses were tested with a 2 THz quantum cascade laser. The signal strength at the focus was 70 times the base signal strength.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Walsby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alton
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Worrall
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Beere
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: D R S
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cumming