Fast vector wave optical simulation methods for application on 3D-printed micro optics

Marco Wende; Johannes Drozella; Andrea Toulouse; Alois M. Herkommer

doi:10.1117/12.3001164

12 March 2024 Fast vector wave optical simulation methods for application on 3D-printed micro optics

Marco Wende, Johannes Drozella, Andrea Toulouse, Alois M. Herkommer

Proceedings Volume 12876, Laser 3D Manufacturing XI; 128760I (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001164
Event: SPIE LASE, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Additive manufacturing of micro-optics using Two-Photon-Lithography (2PL) has been a rapidly advancing field of technology. Striving for ever more sophisticated optical systems prerequisites the access to appropriately fast and accurate wave-optical simulation methods to predict their optical performance. A simulation routine, which has been proven well suited for simulation of a vast range of 3D-printed micro-optical systems, is the Wave Propagation Method (WPM). Nevertheless, limitations in applicability remain due to the restriction on scalar electromagnetic fields, which prohibits e.g. consideration of polarization and thereby also the calculation of backwards reflection at optical interfaces. Capabilities for design and analyses are therefore impaired for 3D-printed optical systems using those properties as key features in their design. As a first step to overcome those limitations, we presented new simulation methods based on the WPM in previous publications, extending its applicability towards simulation of vector electric fields, while maintaining short simulation runtime. In the present manuscript, we focus on elaborating the practical application and integration of the previously presented simulation methods in the design of complex 3D-printed optical systems. With it, we demonstrate the consideration of polarization and backward reflections in simulations far beyond paraxial and thin element approximations.

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Marco Wende, Johannes Drozella, Andrea Toulouse, and Alois M. Herkommer "Fast vector wave optical simulation methods for application on 3D-printed micro optics", Proc. SPIE 12876, Laser 3D Manufacturing XI, 128760I (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001164

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