Practical limitations of subwavelength resolution using negative-refractive-index transmission-line lenses

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3201-3209

  Grbic, Anthony ^a   Eleftheriades, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffraction limit; Left handed; Metamaterials; Negative refractive index; Plasmons; Superresolution; Transmission lines (TLs)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LENSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIFFRACTION LIMIT; METAMATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; PLASMONS; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; SUPERRESOLUTION; TRANSMISSION LINE LENSES; TRANSMISSION LINE NETWORK;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27644455522     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.856316     Document Type: Article

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