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Plymouth Grating Laboratory is dedicated to making gratings using scanning beam interference lithography (SBIL). This technique allows production of gratings on very large substrates. PGL also maintains expertise in optical coatings, reactive ion-etching, metrology, and cleaning for large optics. PGL is very familiar with the needs of the high-energy and high-power laser community.
PGL currently holds the world record for the largest MLD diffraction grating - a set of 91cm x 42cm MLD gratings for pulse compression on the University of Osaka's ILE laser (see links).
PGL was founded in 2004 by Douglas Smith and Dr. Mark Schattenburg (MIT, Kavli Research Institute) in 2004. Dr. Schattenburg had developed the basic technology of scanning beam interference lithography (SBIL) and built the first nanoruler used for small substrates at MIT with funds from NASA and DARPA. PGL designed and built a production model of the nanoruler for large grating use with the Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University in Japan and the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester.
PGL also maintains a partnership with Vacuum Process Technology and works with them to provide process technology to their customers, mainly in the area of vacuum coating.
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