Tunable superlensing by a mechanically controlled photonic crystal

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-484

  Wu, Qi ^a   Schonbrun, Ethan ^a   Park, Wounjhang ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYIMIDES; SILICON; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FCTD) METHOD; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; SILICON-POLYIMIDE MEMBRANE; SUPERLENSING;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 33645733385     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000479     Document Type: Article

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