УДК: 535.131: 535.137 + 535.42

Savukov V. V., Golubenko I. V. Modeling the interaction of an arbitrary light field with a diffraction grating by the Monte Carlo method

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Савуков В.В., Голубенко И.В. Моделирование взаимодействия произвольного светового поля с дифракционной решеткой методом Монте-Карло // Оптический журнал. 2012. Т. 79. № 7. С. 10–17.

Savukov V. V., Golubenko I. V. Modeling the interaction of an arbitrary light field with a diffraction grating by the Monte Carlo method [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2012. V. 79. № 7. P. 10–17.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. V. Savukov and I. V. Golubenko, "Modeling the interaction of an arbitrary light field with a diffraction grating by the Monte Carlo method," Journal of Optical Technology. 79(7), 390-394 (2012), https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.79.000390

Abstract:

A high-accuracy solution of the diffraction problem has become necessary for the treatment of certain special questions of statistical physics. This article reports the creation of a computer program that serves as an instrumental method of calculating the parameters of diffraction phenomena when complex optical systems are being theoretically investigated. The program solves the diffraction problem by a rigorous method based on Maxwell’s equations under specified boundary conditions. An arbitrary—for instance, diffuse—configuration of the initial light field is allowed. Reflective gratings with a linear or crossed sinusoidal profile of the surface microrelief are considered as the diffraction optical elements. The characteristics of the self-consistent total light field can be calculated when several diffraction elements are present in the system.

Keywords:

diffraction, polarization, indicatrix, scattering, diffuse

OCIS codes: 050.1940, 260.1960, 260.5430, 290.2648, 290.5855

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