Keywords

aperture, wire grid polarizers

Abstract

We investigate the transmission characteristics of perfectly conducting two-dimensional wire grid polarizers fabricated in finite and infinite apertures using a rigorous spectral-domain mode-matching method. Specifically, the transmission coefficient for both transverse-electric and transverse-magnetic polarizations, extinction ratio, and diffraction pattern are characterized for a wide variety of geometric and material parameters including aperture dimension, conducting wire fill factor, wire spacing, polarizer thickness, material dielectric constants, and incident wave arrival angle. The results indicate that the transmission behavior is largely insensitive to aperture dimension.

Original Publication Citation

M. A. Jensen and G. P. Nordin, "Characterization of Two-Dimensional Finite-Aperture Wire Grid Polarizers by a Spectral-Domain Technique," Appl. Opt. 4(26) pp. 4738-4745 (21)

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2001-09-10

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/566

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Language

English

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology

Department

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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