Highly-efficient three-port output by metal-mirror-based grating

A highly-efficient three-port output of metal-mirror-based grating is proposed in this paper. The metal-mirror-based grating can function as a beam splitter which can diffract the normal incident wave into the 0th and the +/- 1st orders for both TE and TM polarizations with the usual duty cycle of 0.5. The analysis of the grating parameters can be optimized by rigorous coupled-wave analysis. The high efficiency for TE and TM polarizations shall be realized. By means of the numerical simulation, the depth and connecting layer thickness of grating can be accurately calculated. The efficiency of per port is near 33.3%, so the novel three-port output grating with a connecting layer would be an excellent optical element.