Claims
- 1. A process of fabricating optical gratings, wherein said process comprises the step of using an atomic force microscope for a direct-writing tool for nanolithography to encode a predetermined pattern in an optical grating, wherein said predetermined pattern is performed by pseudorandom encoding said predetermined pattern onto an optical grating through use of a computer-generated holography with said atomic force microscope as the direct writing tool.
- 2. A process, as defined in claim 1, wherein said predetermined pattern forms a multi-passband optical filter.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty thereon.
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