Design and fabrication of an ultra-broadband dichroic beam-splitter with low polarization
This paper describes the design and fabrication of one kind of dichroic beam-splitter that operates in an ultra-broadband spectral range from visible to longwave infrared regions simultaneously.The use of metal-dielectric coatings makes it implement structures that transmit the visible/near infrared radiation from 0.4 to 1.05 μm and reflect infrared radiation from 1.36 to 13 μm.At the same time,the structures are designed to obtain a low linear polarization sensitivi-ty(LPS)in the visible/near infrared region.The transmission of visible/near infrared region is more than 85%and the average reflection of infrared region is more than 90%.The LPS of the region 0.4-1.05 μm is less than 4%.