The Technology

Technology of high-efficiency volume Bragg gratings is developed at the University of Central Florida, described in the following patents and exclusively licensed to OptiGrate.

Oleg M. Efimov, Leonid B. Glebov, Vadim I. Smirnov. High efficiency volume diffractive elements in photo-thermo-refractive glass. United States Patent 6,673,497. January 6, 2004.

Oleg M. Efimov, Leonid B. Glebov, Larissa N. Glebova, Vadim I. Smirnov. Process for production of high efficiency volume diffractive elements in photo-thermo-refractive glass. United States Patent 6,586,141. July 1, 2003

Basics of the technology are described in the following paper:

L.Glebov, V.Smirnov, C.M.Stickley, I.Ciapurin. "New approach to robust optics for HEL systems,"  Laser Weapons Technology III. W.E. Tompson and P.H. Merritt, Editors. Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 4724 (2002) 101-109.