Diffraction by a screened chiral layer with a grating

Abstract

Polarization characteristics of the reflecting structure like a chiral layer combined with a dielectric layer, both in between a diffraction grating and a screen, are considered. Due to the analytical regularization procedure derived from the Riemann-Hilbert problem method, the correspondent diffraction vector problem is solved in the form available for effective numerical treatment. The numerical investigation shows a number of new diffraction features caused by the chiral medium presence.