Maxwell's fish-eye lens and the mirage of perfect imaging

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Merlin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction limit; Metamaterials; Subwavelength imaging

Indexed keywords

MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METAMATERIALS;

CORRECT SOLUTION; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING PROPERTIES; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; SPHERICAL CAVITIES; SUBWAVELENGTH IMAGING; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79551717359     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/2/024017     Document Type: Article

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