Abstract
The first-order diffraction efficiency of a waveguide diffraction grating is maximized, for a wide range of grating periods, by optimization of the effective-index modulation profile. Three different values of effective-index modulation in the range of 0.02-0.11 are considered. The analysis is performed with the thin-grating-decomposition method. The results are verified by electromagnetic grating theory and applied to the construction of diffractive waveguide lenses with an improved overall efficiency. In the neighborhood of the optical axis, the optimized lens structure is a close approximation of a gradient-thickness Fresnel lens. Significant deviations from this shape appear when the local grating period reduces below ~ 15-25λ, where ~ is the wavelength of the guided mode. Near the edges of a high-numerical-aperture lens, where the local period is ~ 3-6λ, an approximate Bragg grating structure is obtained.
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