High grating efficiency by energy accumulation in a leaky mode

Citation
Av. Tishchenko et Va. Sychugov, High grating efficiency by energy accumulation in a leaky mode, OPT QUANT E, 32(6-8), 2000, pp. 1027-1031
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICAL AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
ISSN journal
03068919 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
6-8
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1027 - 1031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-8919(200008)32:6-8<1027:HGEBEA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A diffractive slab structure comprising a mirror, a dielectric film, and a grating in the film is made to always exhibit 100% diffraction efficiency f or the - 1st order pointing in a backward direction. Thr design is obtained by sole interference reasoning, and confirmed numerically.