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Published on: June 7, 2019
Design and analysis of all-dielectric broadband nonpolarizing parallel-plate beam splitters
Wenliang Wang1, Shengming Xiong, Yundong Zhang
1Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China. w.l.wang@163.com
Abstract:
Past research on the all-dielectric nonpolarizing beam splitter is reviewed. With the aid of the needle thin-film synthesis method and the conjugate graduate refine method, three different split ratio nonpolarizing parallel-plate beam splitters over a 200 nm spectral range centered at 550 nm with incidence angles of 45 degrees are designed. The chosen materials component and the initial stack are based on the Costich and Thelen theories. The results of design and analysis show that the designs maintain a very low polarization ratio in the working range of the spectrum and has a reasonable angular field.
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