Effect of losses and dispersion on the focusing properties of left-handed media

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 290-294

  Marques R ^a   Baena, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Left handed media; Negative refractive index; Perfect lens

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MONOCHROMATORS; PERMITTIVITY;

LEFT-HANDED MEDIA; QUASI-MONOCHROMATIC SOURCES; SUBWAVELENGTH FOCUSING;

LIGHT SOURCES;

EID: 2342581556     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20119     Document Type: Article

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