Optical structuring and finishing toward mid-spatial-frequency error reduction using femtosecond lasers

Abstract

We demonstrate nano-structuring and the reduction of mid-spatial-frequency errors using femtosecond laser figuring and finishing. For the first time, to the best of our knowledge, we have corrected mid-spatial-frequency errors from 17 nm to one nanometer in magnitude. We established a method for creating and predicting periodic nanostructures. This demonstration opens the path of using femtosecond lasers to correct surface errors that inherently result from sub-aperture manufacturing techniques.