Far-field imaging by the Veselago lens made of a photonic crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 490-497

  Li, Chengyu ^a   Holt, J M ^a   Efros, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

DIFFRACTION THEORY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PROPAGATING MODES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 33645727671     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000490     Document Type: Article

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