Recent experimental results clearly evidence that blazed-binary diffractive elements, a family of diffractive components composed of subwavelength binary features, offers unusual and attractive properties in the resonance domain. In this paper, we provide further insight into the field-angle behavior of these diffractive elements. We show that blazed-binary gratings operate efficiently under symmetrical mount and over a wide field-angle interval. This interesting feature makes blazed-binary diffractive elements attractive candidates for imaging systems.

Date Published: 26 December 2001
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 4438, Physics, Theory, and Applications of Periodic Structures in Optics, (26 December 2001); doi: 10.1117/12.451479

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4438:
Physics, Theory, and Applications of Periodic Structures in Optics
Philippe Lalanne, Editor(s)