摘要
This study realizes integrated polarizer and RGB (red, green, and blue) color filters using single- and multiple-layered subwavelength metallic grating structures. A hybrid numerical scheme based on the rigorous coupled-wave analysis method and a genetic algorithm is used to determine the optimal values of the grating period, filling factor, and grating thickness of three different grating structures, namely, a single-layer grating, a double-layer grating, and a double-layer grating with a lateral shift. The optical performance of the various structures is evaluated and compared in terms of the transmission efficiency at the center wavelengths 700:0nm, 546:1 nm, and 435:8nm of red, green, and blue light, respectively, and the extinction ratio over the visible wavelength spectrum (380-780 nm). It is shown that the doublelayer grating achieves a transmission efficiency of about 50% and an extinction ratio of around 60 dB. Thus, this grating structure provides a convenient and effective means of achieving the polarizing and filtering functions in LCD panels using a single device. © 2011 Optical Society of America.