Figure 4. Blazed transmission gratings.
(a–c) Transmitted pressure field maps (real-valued) over a blazed grating with variable line widths, d=17λ0/15, 22λ0/15 and 27λ0/15, respectively. The sketch above the maps shows the phase profile over 2λ0. (d) Far-field pressure field map for line widths d varying between λ0 and 2λ0. Theoretical (continuous lines) and experimental (symbols) transmitted angles θt are compared with the numerical simulation. Colour bars represent normalized pressures.