Polarization selectivity of two-layer grating sandwiched between two fused-silica substrates

The polarization selectivity is described based on the two-layer grating sandwiched between two fused-silica substrates. The polarization-selective grating can diffract TE polarization with high efficiency and split TM polarization with good uniformity. With the novel structure, the grating can have high efficiency of sandwiched grating and wideband property of two-layer grating. The modal method is applied to analyze the grating, which corresponds well with the results of rigorous coupled-wave analysis. The physical analysis can give the good guideline to optimize the polarization-selective sandwiched two-layer grating effectively. Such a polarization-selective grating can also have merits of high efficiency for TE polarization and wide angular bandwidth for TM polarization based on the two-layer grating sandwiched between two fused-silica substrate. It is easy to clean and protect the grating surface compared with the surface-relief grating.