Title :
Comments on “Negative Index Materials With Gain Media for Fast Optical Modulation”
Author :
Snyder, Richard V.
Author_Institution :
RS Microwave, Butler, PA, USA
fDate :
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This letter will address only Section II of the manuscript, the "Superlens Effect." In this portion of the paper, the author claims that even though signals impinging at "grazing angles" cannot propagate and thus are evanescent within the lens structure, it is possible to enhance these evanescent waves by some form of output amplification. Through this means he proposes to cause the field intensity of the waves at the back surface of the lens to exactly match the field intensity of the waves as they arrived at the front surface of the lens.
Keywords :
lenses; metamaterials; optical modulation; refractive index; evanescent waves; fast optical modulation; field intensity; gain media; grazing angles; lens structure; negative index materials; output amplification; superlens effect; wave intensity; Lenses; Noise reduction; Optical attenuators; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Signal to noise ratio; Surface treatment; Surface waves;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2010.2048164
