Numerical diffraction synthesis of 2-D quasioptical power splitter

Abstract

A new diffraction synthesis method is proposed for computing quasioptical 2-D reflector beam splitters in the E-polarization case. It is a combination of a numerical gradient (NG) optimization and an efficient analysis method based on singular integral equations (SIEs) which are discretized using a fast and accurate numerical Nystrom-type method of discrete singularities (MDS). The results of design are shown for a 40-quasioptical power splitter obtained from an offset parabolic reflector fed by in-focus beam source.