Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings

We analyze the far-field diffraction pattern produced by linear spatial chirped gratings. An intuitive analytical interpretation of the generated diffraction orders is proposed for gratings with linear variation of the period and linear variation of the spatial frequency. Also, experiments using Gau...

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Autores: Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel, Torcal Milla, Francisco Jose, Buencuerpo, Jerónimo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Chirped gratings
Diffraction
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spelling Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratingsSánchez Brea, Luis MiguelTorcal Milla, Francisco JoseBuencuerpo, Jerónimo535Chirped gratingsDiffractionGratingsÓptica (Física)2209 ÓpticaWe analyze the far-field diffraction pattern produced by linear spatial chirped gratings. An intuitive analytical interpretation of the generated diffraction orders is proposed for gratings with linear variation of the period and linear variation of the spatial frequency. Also, experiments using Gaussian beams and plane wave illumination are performed. The analytical expressions are compared to numerical and experimental results, showing a high agreement. Chirped gratings can be implemented in interesting applications: we analyze how they can be used as a deflector, since tunable direction of diffracted orders can be achieved by displacing laterally the grating with respect to the incident light beam. Also the angular width of diffraction orders can be controlled and chirped gratings can be used to generate uniform illumination over a controlled angular range. These two applications have also been experimentally shown.ElsevierUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20182018-01-0120182018-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_b1a7d7d4d402bcceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/117032reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Not available RTC-2016-5277-5open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1170322026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
title Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
spellingShingle Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel
535
Chirped gratings
Diffraction
Gratings
Óptica (Física)
2209 Óptica
title_short Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
title_full Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
title_fullStr Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
title_full_unstemmed Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
title_sort Far-field diffraction of linear chirped gratings
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel
Torcal Milla, Francisco Jose
Buencuerpo, Jerónimo
author Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel
author_facet Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel
Torcal Milla, Francisco Jose
Buencuerpo, Jerónimo
author_role author
author2 Torcal Milla, Francisco Jose
Buencuerpo, Jerónimo
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 535
Chirped gratings
Diffraction
Gratings
Óptica (Física)
2209 Óptica
topic 535
Chirped gratings
Diffraction
Gratings
Óptica (Física)
2209 Óptica
description We analyze the far-field diffraction pattern produced by linear spatial chirped gratings. An intuitive analytical interpretation of the generated diffraction orders is proposed for gratings with linear variation of the period and linear variation of the spatial frequency. Also, experiments using Gaussian beams and plane wave illumination are performed. The analytical expressions are compared to numerical and experimental results, showing a high agreement. Chirped gratings can be implemented in interesting applications: we analyze how they can be used as a deflector, since tunable direction of diffracted orders can be achieved by displacing laterally the grating with respect to the incident light beam. Also the angular width of diffraction orders can be controlled and chirped gratings can be used to generate uniform illumination over a controlled angular range. These two applications have also been experimentally shown.
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