Since the 80's, specialists of gratings can rely on very powerful grating softwares [1-6].
These softwares are able to compute grating efficiencies for almost any kind of grating in any …

Finite element methods (FEM) represent a very general set of techniques to approximate
solutions of partial derivative equations. Their main advantage lies in their ability to handle …

Since the 80's, specialists of gratings can rely on very powerful grating softwares [1-6].
These softwares are able to compute grating efficiencies for almost any kind of grating in any …

The C-method was born in the eighties in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from the need to solve
rigorously diffraction problems at corrugated periodic surfaces in the resonance regime …

Since the 80's, specialists of gratings can rely on very powerful grating softwares [1-6].
These softwares are able to compute grating efficiencies for almost any kind of grating in any …

Finite element methods (FEM) represent a very general set of techniques to approximate
solutions of partial derivative equations. Their main advantage lies in their ability to handle …

Integral methods for scattering problems represent a class of mathematical methods based
on integral equations. In this chapter, all the integral equations are deduced from boundary …

Since the 80's, specialists of gratings can rely on very powerful grating softwares [1-6].
These softwares are able to compute grating efficiencies for almost any kind of grating in any …

In this chapter we describe a selection of mathematical techniques and results that suggest
interesting links between the theory of gratings and the theory of homogenization, including …

Integral methods for scattering problems represent a class of mathematical methods based
on integral equations. In this chapter, all the integral equations are deduced from boundary …