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Planar dielectric grating diffraction theories

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Various planar dielectric grating diffraction theories are reviewed for the case of a general sinusoidal permittivity planar grating with slanted fringes and plane wave incidence at an arbitrary angle. Exact formulations without approximations (rigorous coupled-wave analysis and rigorous modal analysis) are developed first. Then, using a series of fundamental assumptions, rigorous theory is shown to reduce to the various approximate theories in the appropriate limits. The implications of these fundamental assumptions are discussed.

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Gaylord, T.K., Moharam, M.G. Planar dielectric grating diffraction theories. Appl. Phys. B 28, 1–14 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00693885

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