DocumentCode
2888307
Title
Superfocusing of light beams below the diffraction limit by photonic crystals with negative refraction
Author
Husakou, A. ; Herrmann, J.
Author_Institution
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
fYear
2005
fDate
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage
332
Abstract
We show that photonic crystals with negative refraction amplifying the evanescent waves, combined with an aperture creating seed evanescent components, can focus light beams below the diffraction limit of half of the wavelength.
Keywords
light diffraction; metamaterials; optical focusing; photonic crystals; refractive index; diffraction limit; evanescent waves; negative refraction; photonic crystals; superfocusing; Apertures; Electromagnetic scattering; Focusing; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Slabs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2005. EQEC '05. European
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8973-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EQEC.2005.1567498
Filename
1567498
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