Published January 17, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Sub-wavelength imaging with a left-handed material flat lens

  • 1. Nonlinear Physics Centre and Centre for Ultra-high bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 (Australia)

Description

We study numerically, by means of the pseudospectral time-domain method, the unique features of imaging by a flat lens made of a left-handed metamaterial that possesses the property of negative refraction. We confirm the earlier finding that a left-handed flat lens can provide near-perfect imaging of a point source and a pair of point sources with clear evidence of sub-wavelength resolution. We illustrate the limitation of the resolution in the time-integrated image due to the presence of surface waves

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2004.11.031;
arXiv
arXiv:physics/0403111v3;
PII
S0375-9601(04)01628-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
334
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 326-330
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36059855
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
IMAGES; LENSES; POINT SOURCES; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESOLUTION; SURFACES; WAVELENGTHS
Descriptors DEC
OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION SOURCES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.