Published January 17, 2005
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Journal article
Sub-wavelength imaging with a left-handed material flat lens
Creators
- 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
Additional details
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
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.