title: Modeling the reflection of a laser beam by a deformed highly reflective volume bragg grating.
abstract: A model is presented for analyzing volume Bragg gratings having large diffractive strength that may become distorted upon the passage of high-power laser light. One result of this analysis is that very little distortion in a volume Bragg grating can greatly reduce the reflectivity. This is a critical issue in the design of systems in which these devices are used to combine high-power laser beams.
authors.affiliation: College of Optics and Photonics, CREOL and FPCE, University of central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bass