Broadband and efficient diffraction

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العنوان: Broadband and efficient diffraction
المؤلفون: Ribot, C., Lee, M. S. L., Collin, S., Bansropun, S., Plouhinec, P., Thenot, D., Cassette, S., Loiseaux, B., Lalanne, P.
المصدر: Advanced Optical Material 1, 489-493 (2013)
سنة النشر: 2013
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Optics
الوصف: Surface topography dictates the deterministic functionality of diffraction by a surface. In order to maximize the efficiency with which a diffractive optical component, such as a grating or a diffractive lens, directs light into a chosen order of diffraction, it is necessary that it be "blazed". The efficiency of most diffractive optical components reported so far varies with the wavelength, and blazing is achieved only at a specific nominal energy, the blaze wavelength. The existence of spurious light in undesirable orders represents a severe limitation that prevents using diffractive components in broadband systems. Here we experimentally demonstrate that broadband blazing over almost one octave can be achieved by combining advanced optical design strategies and artificial dielectric materials that offer dispersion chromatism much stronger than those of conventional bulk materials. The possibility of maintaining an efficient funneling of the energy into a specific order over a broad spectral range may empower advanced research to achieve greater control over the propagation of light, leading to more compact, efficient and versatile optical components.
Comment: accepted in Optical Advanced Materials
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1002/adom.201300215
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.5432
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1306.5432
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv