Regenerating evanescent waves from a silver superlens

doi:10.1364/OE.11.000682

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 11, Iss. 7 — Apr. 7, 2003
pp: 682–687

Regenerating evanescent waves from a silver superlens

Nicholas Fang, Zhaowei Liu, Ta-Jen Yen, and Xiang Zhang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 11, Issue 7, pp. 682-687 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.11.000682

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Abstract

We investigated a precursor of superlensing: regenerating evanescent waves by excitation of a surface plasmon. Because the permittivity of a silver slab approaches -1, we experimentally observed a broadening of surface-plasmon bandwidth. Our study identifies a means to access deep subwavelength features by use of a metamaterial superlens.

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OCIS Codes
(110.2990) Imaging systems : Image formation theory
(240.6690) Optics at surfaces : Surface waves
(260.3910) Physical optics : Metal optics

ToC Category:
Focus Issue: Negative refraction and metamaterials

History
Original Manuscript: February 19, 2003
Revised Manuscript: March 18, 2003
Published: April 7, 2003

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Nicholas Fang, Zhaowei Liu, Ta-Jen Yen, and Xiang Zhang, "Regenerating evanescent waves from a silver superlens," Opt. Express 11, 682-687 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-11-7-682

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D. Smith, W. Padilla, et al., �??Composite medium with simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184-4187 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Z. Liu, N. Fang, T.-J. Yen, and X. Zhang are preparing a manuscript to be called �??Observation of rapid growth of evanescent wave with thickness of a negative permittivity slab: a key for superlens.�??

J. Mod. Opt.

S. A. Ramakrishna, J. B. Pendry, D. Schurig, D. R Smith, and S. Schultz, �??The asymmetric lossy near perfect lens,�?? J. Mod. Opt. 49, 1747(2002). [CrossRef]

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

S. Hayashi, T. Kume, T. Amano, and K. Yamamoto, �??A new method of surface plasmon excitation mediated by metallic nanoparticles,�?? Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 35, L331-L334 (1996). [CrossRef]

Opt. Commun.

E. Kretschmann, �??The angular dependence and the polarization of light emitted by surface plasmons on metals due to roughness,�?? Opt. Commun. 5, 331-336 (1972). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

W. H. Weber and G. W. Ford, �??Optical electric-field enhancement at a metal surface arising from surface plasmon excitation,�?? Opt. Lett. 6, 122-124 (1981). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, �??Optical constants of the noble metals,�?? Phys. Rev. B. 6, 4370-4379 (1972). [CrossRef]
H. Kosaka, T. Kawashima, et al., �??Superprism phenomena in photonic crystals,�?? Phys. Rev. B 58, R10096 (1998). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

D. Smith, W. Padilla, et al., �??Composite medium with simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4184-4187 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
J. B. Pendry, �??Negative refraction makes a perfect lens,�?? Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966-3969 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Sov. Phys. Usp.

V. Veselago, �??The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative ε and µ,�?? Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509-514 (1968). [CrossRef]

Z. Physik

E. Kroeger and E. Kretschmann, �??Scattering of light by slightly rough surfaces or thin films including plasma resonance emission,�?? Z. Physik 237, 1-15 (1970). [CrossRef]

Other

H. Raether, Surface Plasmons (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1988).
Z. Liu, N. Fang, T.-J. Yen, and X. Zhang are preparing a manuscript to be called �??Observation of rapid growth of evanescent wave with thickness of a negative permittivity slab: a key for superlens.�??

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