Mimicking a negative refractive slab by combining two phase conjugators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-84

  Aubry, Alexandre ^a   Pendry, J B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

ANGULAR SPECTRA; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; EVANESCENT WAVE; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY; INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; LOSSLESS; NON-LINEAR; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; PHASE CONJUGATIONS; PHASE DISTORTIONS; RESOLVING POWER; RESONANT CAVITY; SECOND PHASE; SUPERLENSES; TWO PHASE; WAVEFIELDS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 75149180413     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000072     Document Type: Article

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