https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817302007
Quasi-Vector Model of Propagation of Polarized Light in a Thin-Film Waveguide Lens
1 Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 117198, Moscow, Russia
2 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Moscow region, Russia
* e-mail: divakov_dv@rudn.university
Published online: 14 February 2018
Maxwell equations describe the propagation with diffraction of waveguide modes through a thin-film waveguide lens. If the radius of the thin-film lens is large, then the thickness of the lens varies slowly in the yz plane. For this case we propose the model, which is based on the assumption of a small change in the electromagnetic field in a direction y. Under this assumption the vector diffraction problem is reduced to a number of scalar diffraction problems. The solutions demonstrate the vector nature of the electromagnetic field, which allows us to call the proposed model a quasi-vector model.
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