Problem of image superresolution with a negative-refractive-index slab

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 491-498

  Nieto Vesperinas, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

DIFFRACTION PROPAGATOR; IMAGE SUPERRESOLUTION; LEFT-HANDED MATERIAL; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX SLAB; SURFACE IMPEDANCE MATCHING;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 2142824974     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000491     Document Type: Article

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