Analysis of diffractive microlenses focal performance based on rigorous electromagnetic theory

Di Feng; Yingbai Yan; Qiaofeng Tan; Haitao Liu

doi:10.1117/12.520196

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30 April 2004 Analysis of diffractive microlenses focal performance based on rigorous electromagnetic theory

Di Feng, Yingbai Yan, Qiaofeng Tan, Haitao Liu

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Proceedings Volume 5279, Optical Fibers and Passive Components; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.520196
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications, 2003, Wuhan, China

Abstract

As the size of diffracting structures with a diffractive optical elements is on the order of or less than the illumination wavelength, it is necessary to use a rigorous electromagnetic theory of diffraction to accurately analyze its performance. A rigorous electromagnetic analyse of two-dimensional diffractive microlenses is presented. Without paraxial approximation, the focusing performance of diffractive microlenses with different f-number have been determined including diffractive efficiency with different incidence polarizations (TE polarization and TM polarization), and different profile structures (continuous profile, 8-level profile and 2-level profile) of mircolenses, respectively. Both scalar and rigorous analyses are performed on all these diffractive microlenses.

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Di Feng, Yingbai Yan, Qiaofeng Tan, and Haitao Liu "Analysis of diffractive microlenses focal performance based on rigorous electromagnetic theory", Proc. SPIE 5279, Optical Fibers and Passive Components, (30 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.520196

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