Diffraction optics

Flatland optics. III. Achromatic diffraction.

In the previous two sections of "Flatland optics" [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 17, 1755 (2000); 18, 1056 (2001)] we described the basic principles of two-dimensional (2D) optics and showed that a wavelength lambda in three-dimensional (3D) space (x, y, z) may appear in Flatland (x, z) as a wave with another wavelength Lambda=lambda/cos alpha. The tilt angle alpha can be modified by a 3D-Spaceland indivi...

Optics beyond the diffraction limit

In this lecture, we introduce the basic concepts of near-field optics using two different points of view: the plane-wave angular spectrum and the electric-dipole radiation. The first approach leads naturally to the diffraction limit and to the concepts of evanescent waves and near field. The second approach shows that the basic laws of electromagnetic radiation also lead to the classical resolu...

Diffraction, Fourier Optics and Imaging

Fast and accurate boundary variation method for multilayered diffraction optics.

A boundary variation method for the forward modeling of multilayered diffraction optics is presented. The approach permits fast and high-order accurate modeling of periodic transmission optics consisting of an arbitrary number of materials and interfaces of general shape subject to plane-wave illumination or, by solving a sequence of problems, illumination by beams. The key elements of the algo...

Laue transmission diffraction optics for thin film stress calculation

White beam Laue transmission diffraction topography has been used to determine the curvature of a crystalline substrate, from which the stress in the overlaying coating is determined. A detailed analytical method has been developed which correlates the introduction of curvature to the substrate in two orthogonal directions with attendant changes in the dimensions of a given topographic reflecti...