Volume Bragg Gratings--New Optical Components Providing Unique Means

Level: Introductory Length: 4 hours Format: In-Person Lecture Intended Audience: Scientists, engineers, and students who wish to learn about new optical elements that provide new functionality for laser and photonic devices. Undergraduate training in engineering or science is assumed. Description: This course explains basic principles and applications of volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) that are holographic optical elements recorded in volume of photo-thermo-refractive optical glass. These elements enable dramatic increase of brightness of lasers and resolution of spectral analyzers. The goal of the course is to describe features of photosensitive optical glass , properties of VBGs, principles of gratings modeling and design, main types of optical components based on VBGs, and amazing results of their use in lasers and photonic devices. People who want to bring lasers and photonic devices to new level will benefit from taking this course. Learning Outcomes: This course will enable you to: - learn properties of holographic photo-thermo-refractive glass - identify optical beams and pulses transformations produced by different types of VBGs - describe VBGs’ applications - determine the problems that could be solved by VBGs - calculate parameters of VBGs that provide necessary functionality of laser and photonics systems - use VBGs for spectral and angular selection, pulses stretching and compression, and spectral and coherent beam combining Instructor(s): Leonid Glebov is a co-inventor of volume Bragg gratings in photo-thermo-refractive glass. He earned Ph.D. and Doctor of Science degrees in Optics at State Optical Institute in Russia. Dr. Glebov is a Research Professor at CREOL/College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida and a founder of OptiGrate Corp. He is a Fellow of SPIE, OSA, American Ceramic Society, and National Academy of Inventors. He is a recipient of SPIE Denice Gabor award in holography. Dr. Glebov conducts researches in photoinduced processes in glasses, holographic optical elements and lasers controlled by those elements. Event: SPIE Photonics West 2017 Course Held: 29 January 2017