Linear focusing by a plane grating with curved grooves.
We study the field diffracted by a plane grating with curved (parabolic) grooves. We will demonstrate that when a monochromatic plane wave is incident on a grating with parabolic grooves the diffracted field has a focal line whose position depends on the curvature radius of the parabolas and the incidence angle of the light onto the grating. The effect described has potential applications in grating-based devices for focusing light without requiring any additional optics.
Ferrari
José A
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Instituto de Física, Facultad de Ingeniería, J Herrera y Reissig 565, 11300 Montevideo, Uruguay. jferrari@fing.edu.uy
Garbusi
Eugenio
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Frins
Erna M
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