Diffractive optical elements can greatly improve the performance of optical imaging systems by achieving wideband high diffraction efficiency with bilayer diffractive optical elements. The conventional design method for bilayer diffractive optical elements (DOEs) utilizes two specific design wavelengths to optimize the diffraction efficiency. However, this method may not provide enough viable solutions when the required diffraction efficiency cannot be achieved at these two wavelengths. In this paper, we propose a direct search method that can enhance the diffraction efficiency of bilayer DOEs further. We achieve higher diffraction efficiency and lower microstructure heights of double-layer discs with linear optics (DLDOEs) across a wide range of fields of view and working wavebands. A detailed comparison of a proposed method with two wavelength method is presented. When the period width is |
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Diffraction
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Diffractive optical elements
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