Optimal design for antireflective tapered two-dimensional subwavelength grating structures
JOSA A, Vol. 12, Issue 2, pp. 333-339 (1995)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.12.000333
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Abstract
Techniques for the design of continuously tapered two-dimensional (2D) subwavelength surface-relief grating structures for broadband antireflection surfaces are investigated. It has been determined that the Klopfenstein taper [Proc. IRE 44, 31 (1956)] produces the optimum graded-index profile with the smallest depth for any specified minimum reflectance. A technique is developed to design the equivalent tapered subwavelength surface-relief grating structure by use of 2D effective-medium theory. An optimal Klopfenstein tapered 2D subwavelength grating is designed to reduce the Fresnel reflections by 20 dB over a broad band from an air–substrate (ns = 3.0) interface. The performance is verified by use of both a 2D effective-medium- theory simulation algorithm and rigorous coupled-wave analysis. These structures are also shown to achieve this low reflectance over a wide field of view (θFOV > 110°). The pyramidal spatial profile, which has generally been assumed to produce the optimal broadband antireflection gra ing structure, is shown to require a significantly larger depth to achieve the same performance as a Klopfenstein-designed tapered antireflection grating structure.
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Citation
Eric B. Grann, M. G. Varga, and Drew A. Pommet, "Optimal design for antireflective tapered two-dimensional subwavelength grating structures," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12, 333-339 (1995)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-12-2-333
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