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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Materials Science
    • Computational Physics

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    • Layered structures with small-angle wedges function as linear variable filters (LVFs).
    • LVFs are critical components in microspectrometers, sensors, and hyperspectral imaging.
    • Accurate optical property simulation is essential for LVF design and optimization.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel method for simulating optical properties of layered structures with multiple wedges.
    • To enhance the design and investigation of complex LVF configurations.
    • To improve computational efficiency in optical modeling.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized the scattering matrix formalism to model layered structures with wedge-shaped layers.
    • Applied the method to specific examples: a single-wedge LVF with Bragg claddings and a three-wedge LVF.
    • Compared simulation speed and accuracy against the Fourier modal method.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed scattering matrix method offers a two orders of magnitude speed increase over rigorous numerical simulations.
    • Simulations using the new method show results highly consistent with the Fourier modal method.
    • Demonstrated the method's capability to model complex structures, including a three-wedge LVF with a flat-top resonant transmission peak.

    Conclusions:

    • The scattering matrix formalism provides an efficient and accurate approach for simulating optical properties of wedge-containing layered structures.
    • This method is highly promising for the design and analysis of advanced linear variable filters.
    • The developed technique facilitates faster iteration and exploration of novel LVF designs.