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Advances and Applications of Grating

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics and Optical Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 216

Editors

Dr. Di Chang

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School of Instrumentation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150006, China
Interests: grating interferometry; multi-axis mesurements; displacement metrology
Dr. Xinghui Li

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Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China
Interests: grating fabrication; holographic lithography; grating interferometry; digital gratings
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Dr. Zhaowu Liu

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Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
Interests: precision displacement measurement

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Grating is a crucial component for manufacturing, metrology, and scientific instruments. With the advantages of excellent stability to environmental changes, grating has already played a pivotal role in the beginning of the era of atomic-level manufacturing. On the flip side, the quality and performance of grating have been greatly improved by the development in extreme manufacturing and nanometrology. We are confident and expect innovations and breakthroughs in the field of grating from the new revolution of the manufacturing paradigm.

With a long history of over 200 years, the feature of periodic structure remains, but grating is constantly developing. In recent years, we created several new gratings, such as planar grating, volume phase grating, and even meta-grating. We used several manufacturing approaches for better gratings, such as interferometry and laser/e-beam direct writing. We proposed several methods to calibrate gratings, from diffractometers to nanometer comparators. We invented plenty of grating-based systems for spectrometers, optical encoders, laser systems, and other applications. We also established the grating as a photonic device by MOEMS techniques, making it more than an optics component.

This Special Issue aims to present an overview of the state-of-the-art research related to the advances and applications of grating, including the design, manufacturing, metrology, and application of all kinds of gratings. We welcome comprehensive and visionary research and review articles. We cordially invite researchers to submit their contributions to this Special Issue.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Design and simulation of gratings.
  • Manufacturing approach, equipment, and process of gratings.
  • Test and calibration model, method, and device of gratings.
  • Various applications of gratings.
  • Novel kinds of gratings such as meta-grating and MOEMS grating.

Dr. Di Chang
Dr. Xinghui Li
Dr. Zhaowu Liu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • design and simulation of gratings
  • manufacturing approach, equipment, and process of gratings
  • test and calibration model, method, and device of gratings
  • various applications of gratings
  • novel kinds of gratings such as meta-grating and MOEMS grating

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Research Progress in Design and Fabrication of Convex Blazed Grating
by Mingliang Yao, Yinnian Liu, Pengfei Zhao, Chen Zhu and Youlong Ke
Photonics 2026, 13(8), 713; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics13080713 - 29 Jul 2026
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The convex blazed grating is a key dispersive component in high-performance spectrometers, offering advantages such as a broad operating wavelength range, uniform dispersion, high diffraction efficiency, and the ability to achieve a large field of view. With the popularization of spectral detection technology [...] Read more.
The convex blazed grating is a key dispersive component in high-performance spectrometers, offering advantages such as a broad operating wavelength range, uniform dispersion, high diffraction efficiency, and the ability to achieve a large field of view. With the popularization of spectral detection technology and the ever-increasing demand for specialization, its design and fabrication technologies have drawn considerable attention in the field. This paper systematically reviews the development history of convex blazed grating design theory, from early scalar diffraction theory to the current mainstream rigorous vector methods, including rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA), the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, and commercial software such as Gsolver and PCGrate, and summarizes the applicable scenarios and limitations of each method. In terms of fabrication techniques, we comprehensively survey three typical technology routes—mechanical ruling, holographic ion beam etching, and electron beam lithography—covering their principles and progress, and analyze their respective merits and drawbacks in terms of precision, operating waveband, groove profile flexibility, and production capacity through comparative analysis. On this basis, we highlight recent breakthroughs achieved via electron beam lithography in blaze angle control and high-aspect-ratio etching for convex blazed gratings spanning from the ultraviolet to the very-long-wave infrared band; the diffraction efficiency has exceeded 80%, and such gratings have been successfully applied in aerospace engineering projects. Finally, this paper summarizes the current challenges facing convex blazed grating technology and provides an outlook on future development trends, including fabrication uniformity on curved substrates, large-area high-precision manufacturing, and design–process co-optimization, with the aim of offering a systematic reference for researchers and engineers in related fields. Full article
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