Sharp focus light simulation in a planar gradient secant lens

Anton G. Nalimov; Viktor V. Kotlyar; Alexander A. Kovalev

doi:10.1117/1.OE.52.9.091705

7 March 2013 Sharp focus light simulation in a planar gradient secant lens

Anton G. Nalimov, Viktor V. Kotlyar, Alexander A. Kovalev

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 9, 091705 (March 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.9.091705

Abstract

The simulation of light focusing by a gradient, secant-plane lens was performed. The simulation using a finite-difference time-domain method shows that by combining the gradient-index hyperbolic secant (HS) lens with a subwavelength diffraction grating or by replacing the lens with its binary analog, the focal spot size can be reduced by 10% and 20%, respectively, with respect to the diffraction-limited resolution in the two-dimensional medium. We design a planar, binary-silicon HS microlens that generates a near-surface focal spot with a full-width, half-maximum diameter equal to 0.102λ and almost without sidelobes. It is shown that about 10% of the incident beam total power goes to the far-field zone.

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Anton G. Nalimov, Viktor V. Kotlyar, and Alexander A. Kovalev "Sharp focus light simulation in a planar gradient secant lens," Optical Engineering 52(9), 091705 (7 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.52.9.091705

Published: 7 March 2013

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