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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Diffractive Optics
    • Nanophotonics

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    • Diffraction gratings are crucial optical components for manipulating light.
    • Controlling diffraction efficiencies in binary gratings is essential for advanced optical systems.
    • Existing amplitude-only or phase-only gratings have limitations in controlling specific diffraction orders.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analytically investigate and control the diffraction efficiencies of complex binary diffraction gratings with rectangular profiles.
    • To demonstrate the feasibility of canceling the zeroth-diffraction order for arbitrary duty cycles.
    • To establish design principles for tailored diffraction efficiencies in complex gratings.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of analytical expressions to model diffraction efficiencies.
    • Derivation of an analytic relationship between duty cycle and step amplitude ratio.
    • Experimental verification of the derived theoretical predictions.

    Main Results:

    • The zeroth-diffraction order can be canceled for any duty cycle with a π-phase difference and specific amplitude ratio.
    • This cancellation is not achievable with separate amplitude-only or phase-only gratings.
    • Higher diffraction orders exhibit predictable intensity behavior (cancellation or maximization) and intensity profiles with maxima and zeros across the duty cycle range.
    • Experimental results corroborate the analytical findings.

    Conclusions:

    • Complex binary gratings offer superior control over diffraction efficiencies compared to simpler gratings.
    • The derived analytic relationships enable the design of gratings with precisely tailored diffraction characteristics.
    • This work provides a foundation for developing advanced optical elements for specific applications.