Fabrication of diffraction based security elements using direct laser interference patterning

F Rößler, T Kunze, AF Lasagni - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Product piracy impacts wide areas of the global economy resulting in multi-billion dollar
losses per year. Therefore, product protection technologies are required to produce security …

Serial number coding and decoding by laser interference direct patterning on the original product surface for anti-counterfeiting

IY Park, S Ahn, Y Kim, HS Bae, HS Kang, J Yoo… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Here, we investigate a method to distinguish the counterfeits by patterning multiple reflective
type grating directly on the surface of the original product and analyze the serial number …

Full geometric control of hidden color information in diffraction gratings under angled white light illumination

JYE Chan, Q Ruan, H Wang, H Wang, H Liu, Z Yan… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Under white light illumination, gratings produce an angular distribution of wavelengths
dependent on the diffraction order and geometric parameters. However, previous studies of …

Laser-induced controllable chirped-pitch circular surface-relief diffraction gratings on AZO glass

J Leibold, RG Sabat - Photonics Research, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Chirped-pitch nanoscale circular surface-relief diffraction gratings were photoinscribed on
thin films of a Disperse Red 1 functionalized material using a holographic technique. A …

Encapsulation process for diffraction gratings

S Ratzsch, EB Kley, A Tünnermann, A Szeghalmi - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Encapsulation of grating structures facilitates an improvement of the optical functionality
and/or adds mechanical stability to the fragile structure. Here, we introduce novel …

[HTML][HTML] Dot-matrix hologram rendering algorithm and its validation through direct laser interference patterning

T Tamulevičius, M Juodėnas, T Klinavičius… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The fight against forgery of valuable items demands efficient and reasonably priced
solutions. A security tag featuring holographic elements for anti-counterfeiting is one of them …

Subwavelength diffraction gratings with macroscopic moiré patterns generated via laser interference lithography

AA Ushkov, I Verrier, T Kampfe, Y Jourlin - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We propose a simple and flexible fabrication approach based on the moiré effect of
photoresist gratings for rapid synthesis of apodized structures with continuously varying …

[HTML][HTML] The development progress of surface structure diffraction gratings: from manufacturing technology to spectroscopic applications

Y Wang, X Fu, Y Chen, L Qin, Y Ning, L Wang - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The high-precision diffraction grating is an important chromatic dispersion component that
has been widely used in many fields, including laser beam combining, chirped pulse …

Compact mirror-tunable laser interference system for wafer-scale patterning of grating structures with flexible periodicity

Y Hung Jr, PC Chang, YN Lin, JJ Lin - Journal of Vacuum Science & …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a novel mirror-tunable laser interference system for the wafer-scale
patterning (> 4-in.) of submicron grating structures with a flexible periodicity (200–1000 nm) …

Color‐Selective 2.5 D holograms on large‐area flexible substrates for sensing and multilevel security

AK Yetisen, H Butt, T Mikulchyk… - Advanced Optical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
2.5 D photonic nanostructures with narrow‐band diffraction characteristics have a vast range
of potential applications in information storage, tunable lasers, optical filters, and biosensors …