11 March 2022 Approach for eliminating the zeroth order by T-type grating with polarization loss reduction
Yusen Huang, Bo Wang
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Abstract

We describe a two-port reflective beam splitter with the elimination of the zeroth order based on T-type metal grating. Under the condition of a normal incidence wavelength λ  =  1.550  μm, for transverse electric (TE) polarization, the grating efficiencies of the zeroth and ±first orders can reach 1.35% and 48.28%, respectively. And for transverse magnetic (TM) polarization, efficiencies reach 0.49% and 48.30%, respectively, where energies of the zeroth order are suppressed well for both TE and TM polarizations. Furthermore, the numerical analysis indicates that the grating has a wide incident bandwidth (the efficiencies of over 47% at a bandwidth of 118 nm) as well as an excellent process tolerance in period and duty cycle. The grating performance is also stable with a simple structure so that it has a wide application prospect in optical polarization devices, laser systems, polarization imaging, etc.

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Yusen Huang and Bo Wang "Approach for eliminating the zeroth order by T-type grating with polarization loss reduction," Optical Engineering 61(3), 035102 (11 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.61.3.035102
Received: 8 November 2021; Accepted: 22 February 2022; Published: 11 March 2022
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KEYWORDS
Polarization

Diffraction gratings

Reflectivity

Beam splitters

Diffraction

Metals

Magnetism

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