Blazed binary subwavelength gratings with efficiencies larger than those of conventional echelette gratings

被引：279
作者：
Lalanne, P
Astilean, S
Chavel, P
Cambril, E
Launois, H
机构：
[1] CNRS, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, F-91403 Orsay, France
[2] CNRS, Microstruct & Microelect Lab, F-92225 Bagneux, France
[3] Univ Babes Bolyai, Fac Phys, Dept Opt & Spect, R-3400 Cluj Napoca, Romania
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 23卷 / 14期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.23.001081
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We introduce a new structural cutoff beyond which subwavelength gratings cease to behave as homogeneous media and discuss its effects on the proper selection of the sampling periods of subwavelength diffractive elements. According to this analysis, a 3 lambda-period blazed binary grating composed of square pillars is designed for He-Ne operation and is fabricated by etching of a TiO2 layer deposited upon a glass substrate. Its first-order measured diffraction efficiency is 12% larger than the theoretical efficiency of an ideal blazed echelette grating in glass with the same period. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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页码：1081 / 1083
页数：3
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