Composite near-field superlens design using mixing formulas and simulations

Metamaterials

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 129-139

  Wallén, Henrik ^a   Kettunen, Henrik ^a   Sihvola, Ari ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Composites; Imaging; Mixing formulas; Superlens

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; COMPOSITES; DIELECTRIC COMPOSITES; DRUDE MODELS; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; IMAGING; INITIAL DESIGN; MAXWELL-GARNETT MIXING; MIXING FORMULA; MIXING FORMULAS; NANOSCALE SIZE EFFECTS; NEAR-FIELD; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-STATIC; RAYLEIGH; SUPERLENS; SUPERLENS DESIGN; SUPERLENSES; SUPERLENSING; VISIBLE RANGE; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

GARNETS; MIXING; SILVER; SIMULATORS;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 70449520164     PISSN: 18731988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metmat.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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