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Staircase approximation validity for arbitrary-shaped gratings.

Evgeny Popov1, Michel Nevière, Boris Gralak

  • 1Institut Fresnel, Unité Mixte de Recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6133, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de St-Jérĵme, Marseille, France.

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, Image Science, and Vision
|January 10, 2002
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The staircase approximation in electromagnetic studies of gratings creates artificial field spikes, slowing convergence. This method is ill-suited for accurate grating profile representation.

Area of Science:

  • Electromagnetism
  • Computational physics
  • Optics

Background:

  • Grating theories are essential for analyzing electromagnetic wave interactions.
  • The staircase approximation simplifies arbitrary grating profiles for numerical analysis.
  • Understanding numerical artifacts is crucial for accurate simulation results.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the electromagnetic effects of the staircase approximation on grating profiles.
  • To compare the convergence rates of different grating theories using this approximation.
  • To analyze the accuracy and efficiency of numerical methods for grating analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Electromagnetic study using three different grating theories.
  • Numerical simulations on a deep aluminum sinusoidal grating.

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  • Analysis of local field maps and convergence rates.

    • Main Results:

    • The staircase approximation introduces sharp local field maxima not present in the original profile, particularly in TM polarization.
    • These artifacts worsen convergence rates, requiring more Fourier components.
    • Differential theory converges 30 times faster than rigorous coupled-wave theory for 1% accuracy.

    Conclusions:

    • The staircase approximation is not well-suited for accurately describing real grating profiles, even in theoretical limits.
    • Methods avoiding this approximation offer significantly faster and more accurate results.
    • The study provides insights into the convergence behavior of different numerical grating theories.