Spherically based approach to design diffractive optical elements

Dan Cojoc; Enzo M. Di Fabrizio; Luca Businaro; Stefano Cabrini

doi:10.1117/12.519802

30 September 2003 Spherical-based approach to design diffractive optical elements

Dan Cojoc, Enzo M. Di Fabrizio, Luca Businaro, Stefano Cabrini

Proceedings Volume 5227, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.519802
Event: 2003 Chapter books, 2003, Bellingham, WA, United States

Abstract

A novel method to design diffractive optical elements, based on the spherical wave propagation and superposition, is presented in this paper. Underlying theory, practical considerations, results and limitations of this method are presented based on computer simulation experiments. Diffraction patterns produced by such diffractive optical elements are shown for binary intensity objects described either by the Cartesian coordinates of their non-zero points or by image format files. The method by itself stands as an effective method to calculate phase diffractive elements for free space optical interconnection between an array of point sources and an array of point detectors, but is shown to be also useful to generate binary intensity objects. The optimization of the phase function which describes the phase diffractive element is also demonstrated by means of a micro-genetic algorithm.

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Dan Cojoc, Enzo M. Di Fabrizio, Luca Businaro, and Stefano Cabrini "Spherical-based approach to design diffractive optical elements", Proc. SPIE 5227, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies, (30 September 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.519802

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