Modelling of Diffractive/Meta-Lenses Using Fast Physical Optics

San Diego, 13 August, 2019, SPIE - Optics & Photonics - Optical Modelling and System Alignment

A diffractive or meta-lens can be modeled as a series of structures functioning locally (e.g. local gratings) on a base interface. Each local structure introduces a certain local phase modulation, and by putting all of them together, the lens functionality can be achieved. In our approach, the rigorous Fourier modal method (FMM), also known as the rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA), is applied for the analysis of the local micro-/nanostructures, with all vectorial effects and possible higher-order effects taken into consideration; then the phase modulations can be collected for the lens function modeling.