title: Rigorous analysis of the spatial dispersion effect in multilayer thin-film coatings.
abstract: We demonstrate a wavelength-dependent spatial lateral beam shift of a reflective Gaussian beam on the surface of multilayer thin-film coatings. Numerical analysis of the behavior of a Gaussian-form light beam incident on the surface of the coatings is performed. The theoretical analysis is for a two-dimensional light sheet. The spatial lateral beam dispersion can be determined rigorously from the numerical wave field in the region of the incident medium. The coatings present a spatial dispersion effect much larger than in previous reports. The thin-film coatings can act not only as positive spatial dispersion devices but in a proper case, also as negative spatial dispersion devices. As such, the devices produce a wavelength-dependent negative lateral shift of the reflective beam.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. limy_opt@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mingyu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xuezheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yiyu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peifu
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authors.lastname: Gu