Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) diffraction gratings are playing an increasingly important role in the optics community due to their promising dispersion properties in two perpendicular directions. However, conventional 2D diffraction gratings often suffer from wavelength overlapping caused by high-order diffractions, and producing diffraction gratings with nanometer feature size still remains a challenge. In recent years, 2D quasi-periodic diffraction gratings have emerged that seek to suppress high-order diffractions, and to be compatibility with silicon planar process. This chapter reviews the optical properties of 2D quasi-periodic gratings comprised of quasi-triangle array of holes, and details the effects of hole shape and location distribution on the high-order diffraction suppression. It is also discuss the feasibility of various nanofabrication techniques for high volume manufacturing 2D quasi-periodic gratings at the nanoscale.
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The authors are particularly grateful to the noteworthy assistance of their colleagues. We also would like to thank L. Cao for helpful discussion over many years. This work was funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0206002) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (61275170, 61107032).
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Xie, C., Shi, L., Li, H., Liu, Z., Pu, T., Gao, N. (2019). Towards High-Order Diffraction Suppression Using Two-Dimensional Quasi-Periodic Gratings. In: Ribeiro, P., Andrews, D., Raposo, M. (eds) Optics, Photonics and Laser Technology 2017. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 222. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12692-6_2
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