Field singularities at lossless metal-dielectric right-angle edges and their ramifications to the numerical modeling of gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 738-746

  Li, Lifeng ^a   Granet, Gérard ^b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; CONVERGENCE TEST; FIELD SINGULARITIES; FOURIER MODAL METHOD; LAMELLAR GRATINGS; LOSSLESS; MODAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELING; TM POLARIZATION; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD;

FOURIER SERIES;

EID: 79958803352     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.28.000738     Document Type: Article

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