Superfocusing of light below the diffraction limit by photonic crystals with negative refraction

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 26, 2004, Pages 6491-6497

  Husakou, A ^a   Herrmann, J ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FOCUSING; FOURIER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; NEGATIVE REFRACTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SUPERFOCUSING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION;

EID: 11244315273     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.006491     Document Type: Article

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