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Second-order extremely asymmetrical scattering (EAS) and grazing-angle scattering (GAS) are types of Bragg scattering in slanted wide periodic gratings. They occur when the second diffracted order satisfies the Bragg condition and has a wavevector parallel (for EAS) and almost parallel (for GAS) to the grating boundaries. In this paper, for the first time, a rigorous numerical study of the frequency responses of second-order EAS and GAS is presented for bulk TE electromagnetic waves in planar holographic gratings. A highly unusual pattern of strong optical resonances in the side-lobe structure of these frequency responses is predicted. A relationship between these resonances and the previously predicted GAS resonances (at zero detunings of the Bragg condition) is established and analysed. A special new type of eigenmodes in slanted wide periodic gratings with strong frequency detunings are predicted in the case of second-order EAS and GAS. The eigenmodes are shown to be guided by the grating alone without any conventional guiding effect in the structure. The typical field structure in such eigenmodes is investigated and discussed.
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Gramotnev, D., Pile, D. Frequency response of second-order extremely asymmetrical scattering in wide uniform holographic gratings. Appl. Phys. B 77, 663–671 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-003-1289-1
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