• DocumentCode
    2251883
  • Title

    Eigen mode approach to the sub-wavelength imaging with surface plasmon polaritons

  • Author

    Zhang, Beibei ; Khurgin, Jacob B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We develop a novel physically transparent model that establishes unequivocal connection between surface plasma polariton (SPP) modes and sub-wavelength imaging in the super-lens, and use it to analyze the modulation transfer function.
  • Keywords
    image resolution; lenses; optical images; optical transfer function; polaritons; surface plasmons; eigenmode method; modulation transfer function; physically transparent model; subwavelength imaging; superlens; surface plasmon polaritons; Lenses; Materials; Optical imaging; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951096