Super-resolution focusing using volumetric, broadband NRI media

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2963-2969

  Rudolph, Scott M ^a   Grbic, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Focusing; Lens; Metamaterials; Negative refraction; Subdiffraction

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPILLARITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LIQUIDS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL DESIGN;

DIFFRACTION LIMITS; FOCUSING; FOCUSING CHARACTERISTICS; LENS; METAMATERIALS; NARROW BANDWIDTH; NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY; NEGATIVE REFRACTION; NEGATIVE-REFRACTIVE-INDEX; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; STOP BANDS; SUBDIFFRACTION; SUPER-RESOLUTION FOCUSING;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 51949109153     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.928773     Document Type: Article

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