Flat focusing in reflection from a chirped dielectric mirror with a defect layer

Recently, the principle of flat focusing based on one-dimensionally chirped dielectric mirrors has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The flat chirped mirror causes anomalous diffraction of the beam during reflection, opposite to the normal diffraction in free space propagation. The anom...

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Autores: Cheng, Yu Chieh, Kicas, Simonas, Staliunas, Kestutis|||0000-0002-0539-9538
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/359939
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/359939
https://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JNP.9.093084
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photonic crystals
Chirped dielectric mirror
Gires-Tournois interferometer
Flat focusing mirror
Cristalls fotònics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Sumario:Recently, the principle of flat focusing based on one-dimensionally chirped dielectric mirrors has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The flat chirped mirror causes anomalous diffraction of the beam during reflection, opposite to the normal diffraction in free space propagation. The anomalous diffraction compensates the normal diffraction of the beam resulting in focusing after reflection. For a better focusing performance and for a larger near-field focal distance, a stronger anomalous diffraction is required. We show that the anomalous diffraction can be enhanced by introducing a defect layer in the chirped mirror, as the structure becomes similar to a Gires-Tournois interferometer. The focal distance can be substantially increased due to the defect layer. In our specific structure, the focal distance shows an increase from 19 to 39 mu m, numerically.