Theory of the transmission properties of an optical far-field superlens for imaging beyond the diffraction limit

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2383-2392

  Durant, Stéphane ^a   Liu, Zhaowei ^a   Steele, Jennifer M ^a,b   Zhang, Xiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS;

CORRUGATED METALLIC SLAB-BASED SUPERLENS; OPTICAL FAR-FIELD SUPERLENS (FSL); SURFACE-PLASMON POLARITONS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 33846022385     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002383     Document Type: Article

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