Design of nonparaxial optical systems with refractive and diffractive elements on a base of the local thin optics model

Michael A. Golub*

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Abstract

Optical design usually concentrates on local ray slopes, leaving local wavefront curvatures transformation as a side issue. In this presentation we develop a generalized ray tracing method for diffractive and refractive surfaces based on calculation of local wavefront curvatures. We showed that a non-paraxial wavefront transformation still can locally be described by the thin optical element model and developed relevant generalization of the Coddington equations. Ray tracing and diffraction through sequentially cascaded smooth optical surfaces with nonsymmetrical diffractive phase functions, can now be approached with nearly the same simplicity as customary in paraxial optics of thin lenses and Fourier optics. Relations between diffractive polynomial and fabricated microrelief profile are derived for scalar and resonance domain diffractive optics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Modeling and Performance Predictions V
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
EventOptical Modeling and Performance Predictions V - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 25 Aug 201125 Aug 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8127
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceOptical Modeling and Performance Predictions V
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period25/08/1125/08/11

Keywords

  • Cascaded optical system
  • Diffraction efficiency
  • Diffractive optics
  • Hybrid refractive and diffractive optics
  • Nonparaxial ray tracing
  • Optical design
  • Optical modeling
  • Photonics structures

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