The dynamics of nanoscale superresolution imaging with the superlens

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 10 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2612-2623

  Hegde, R S ^a   Szabo, Z ^a   Hor, Yew Li ^a   Kiasat, Y ^a   Li, Er Ping ^a   Hoefer, W J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nanoscale object imaging; Negative refractive index; Superlens; Superresolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS; FULL-WAVE ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; NANO-SCALE OBJECTS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUPER RESOLUTION; SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGING; SUPERLENSES; TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAINS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EID: 84872567438     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2160084     Document Type: Article

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