УДК: 535.42

Spectral and angular dependences of the efficiency of diffraction lenses with a dual-relief and two-layer microstructure

Greisukh, G.I., Danilov, V.A., Ezhov, E.G., Stepanov, S.A., Usievich, B.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Грейсух Г.И., Данилов В.А., Ежов Е.Г., Степанов С.А., Усиевич Б.А. Спектральная и угловая зависимости эффективности дифракционных линз с двухрельефной и двухслойной микроструктурой // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 5. С. 56–61.

Greisukh G.I., Danilov V.A., Ezhov E.G., Stepanov S.A., Usievich B.A. Spectral and angular dependences of the efficiency of diffraction lenses with a dual-relief and two-layer microstructure [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 5. P. 56–61.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

G. I. Greĭsukh, E. G. Ezhov, S. A. Stepanov, V. A. Danilov, and B. A. Usievich, "Spectral and angular dependences of the efficiency of diffraction lenses with a dual-relief and two-layer microstructure," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(5), 308-311 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000308

Abstract:

This paper presents the results of a comparison of the dependences of the efficiency of diffraction lenses that have a two-layer microstructure with internal and external reliefs on the wavelength and angle of incidence of the radiation. These dependences are obtained in the framework of scalar diffraction theory and by a method based on the solution of the system of Maxwell’s equations. The requirements on the microstructure are determined for which a diffraction lens as an element of an optical system designed to operate in the visible region has the highest diffraction efficiency.

Keywords:

diffraction efficiency, diffraction lens, relief-phase microstructure

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation as part of the state program “Higher institution of learning in the sphere of scientific activity.”

OCIS codes: 050.0050

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