Double-ion-exchange process in glass for the fabrication of computer-generated waveguide holograms.

We experimentally optimize double-ion-exchange process parameters to achieve a designed phase modulation for a wave front passing through a computer-generated waveguide hologram and numerically analyze the effects of fabrication errors. We also demonstrate a gradient-thickness waveguide hologram for ? beam splitting.

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