Wide-field-angle behavior of blazed-binary gratings in the resonance domain

Mane-Si Laure Lee (1) , Philippe Lalanne (1) , Jean-Claude Rodier (1) , Edmond Cambril (2)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Naphel
2 L2M - Laboratoire de Microstructures et de Microélectronique

Blazed-binary gratings for which a blazed effect with binary etches is achieved under normal incidence offer first-order diffraction efficiencies larger than those of blazed-échelette gratings in the resonance domain [Opt. Lett. 23, 1081 (1998)]. We provide further insight into the behavior of blazed-binary gratings and show that they operate efficiently under symmetrical mounting and over a wide field-angle interval. These properties are illustrated with theoretical and experimental results obtained for ≈1000-line/mm grating at 633 nm.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Mane-Si Laure Lee, Philippe Lalanne, Jean-Claude Rodier, Edmond Cambril. Wide-field-angle behavior of blazed-binary gratings in the resonance domain. Optics Letters, 2000, 25 (23), pp.1690-1692. ⟨10.1364/OL.25.001690⟩. ⟨hal-00877446⟩