Abstract

A novel method for increasing diffraction efficiency of transmission gratings is proposed. In this method, dielectric multilayers are inserted between a grating region and a substrate. These multilayers work as an anti-reflection coating for the transmission grating. It is presented that a grating with 1740 grooves/mm has the diffraction efficiency over 99% using this anti-reflection coating.

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Figures (6)

Fig. 1
Fig. 1 Dielectric gratings with rectangular grooves. A standard transmission grating (a), and a grating with dielectric multilayers between the grating region and the substrate (b).

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Fig. 2
Fig. 2 Contour plot of diffraction efficiency for a standard fused silica transmission grating. The two parameters, f and h, are the filling factor and the depth of grooves.

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Fig. 3
Fig. 3 Design of a dielectric transmission grating with the AR coating, which consists of three layers.

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Fig. 4
Fig. 4 Contour plot of diffraction efficiency using the AR coating with three layers.

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Fig. 5
Fig. 5 Contour profile of the square of relative field amplitude in the grating. The materials of layers are shown in the right hand side of the contour and the upper layer is the substrate.

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Fig. 6 Plots of the diffraction efficiency as a function of the incident angle. A standard transmission grating (a), and a grating with the AR coating (b). The circles and triangles represent the values of transmission waves and reflection waves, respectively.

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