• DocumentCode
    675250
  • Title

    Coherence changes in partially coherent beams transmitted by metal gratings

  • Author

    Lajunen, H. ; Saastamoinen, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics, Univ. of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    27-30 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study the coherence changes in beams transmitted by binary metallic gratings that support surface plasmons. It is shown that by choosing suitable parameters for the grating, the degree of coherence of the beam can be significantly increased.
  • Keywords
    Gaussian distribution; diffraction gratings; laser beams; light coherence; surface plasmons; Gaussian Schell-model beams; binary metallic gratings; coherence changes; partially coherent beams; surface plasmons; Coherence; Density functional theory; Educational institutions; Gratings; Optical interferometry; Plasmons; Spatial coherence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microoptics Conference (MOC), 2013 18th
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6715147