Investigation of the Convergence Behavior with Fluctuation Features in the Fourier Modal Analysis of a Metallic Grating
Journal of the Optical Society of Korea, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 196-202 (2012)
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Abstract
We observe that the transmission and reflection efficiencies of a one-dimensional metallic grating under transverse-magnetic illumination calculated using the Fourier modal method (FMM) with the Fourier factorization rules have peculiar fluctuations, albeit small in magnitude, as the number of field harmonics increases. It is shown that when the number of Fourier terms for the electromagnetic field is increased from that in the conventional FMM, the fluctuations due to non-convergent highly evanescent eigenmodes can be eliminated. Our examination reveals that the fluctuations originate from the Gibbs phenomenon inherent in the Fourier-series representation of a permittivity function with discontinuities, and from non-convergence of highly evanescent internal Bloch eigenmodes.
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OCIS Codes
(050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(050.6624) Diffraction and gratings : Subwavelength structures
History
Original Manuscript: August 27, 2012
Revised Manuscript: September 4, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: September 5, 2012
Published: September 25, 2012
Citation
Hwi Kim, Gwan-Woo Park, and Chang-Soon Kim, "Investigation of the Convergence Behavior with Fluctuation Features in the Fourier Modal
Analysis of a Metallic Grating," J. Opt. Soc. Korea 16, 196-202 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josk/abstract.cfm?URI=josk-16-3-196
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