Chain-matrix analysis of arbitrary-thickness dielectric reflection gratings
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Vol. 72 (2), 187-190
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.72.000187
Abstract
A simple but rigorous chain-matrix analysis is used to determine the plane-wave diffraction efficiencies and angular selectivities of planar pure-reflection gratings (zero-slant angle) of arbitrary thickness, arbitrary-starting and arbitrary-ending conditions, and arbitrary incidence angle. The results from rigorous coupled-wave theory in the angular limit as the fringes become parallel to the surfaces are shown to approach these results in a particular average sense.Keywords
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