DESIGN THEORY OF DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENTS IN THE PARAXIAL DOMAIN

Authors
WYROWSKI F
Citation
F. Wyrowski, DESIGN THEORY OF DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENTS IN THE PARAXIAL DOMAIN, Journal of the Optical Society of America. A: Optics and image science, 10(7), 1993, pp. 1553-1561
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. A: Optics and image science
ISSN journal
07403232 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1553 - 1561
Database
ISI
SICI code
1084-7529(1993)10:7<1553:DTODEI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The design theory presented describes characteristic features of thin diffractive elements. In particular it permits the derivation of upper bounds of the diffraction efficiency of diffractive elements. These b ounds are independent of the calculation method used to obtain the dif fractive elements. The consequences of the results for diffractive opt ics are briefly discussed.