We propose an approach to far-field optical imaging beyond the diffraction limit. The proposed system allows image magnification, is robust with respect to material losses and can be fabricated by adapting existing metamaterial technologies in a cylindrical geometry.

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1. B. Hecht, B. Sick, U. P. Wild, V. Deckert, R. Zenobi, O. J. F. Martin and D.W. Pohl, "Scanning near-field optical microscopy with aperture probes: Fundamentals and applications," J. Chem. Phys. 112, 7761 (2000). [CrossRef]
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13. A. A. Govyadinov and V. A. Podolskiy, "Meta-material photonic funnels for sub-diffraction light compression and propagation," Phys. Rev. B 73(15), 155108 (2006). [CrossRef]
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Appl. Phys. Lett.

• R. Merlin, "Analytical solution of the almost-perfect-lens problem," Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 1290-1292 (2004). [CrossRef]

J. Chem. Phys.

• B. Hecht, B. Sick, U. P. Wild, V. Deckert, R. Zenobi, O. J. F. Martin and D.W. Pohl, "Scanning near-field optical microscopy with aperture probes: Fundamentals and applications," J. Chem. Phys. 112, 7761 (2000). [CrossRef]

J. Mod. Opt.

• V. A. Podolskiy, L. Alekseyev, and E. E. Narimanov, "Strongly anisotropic media: the THz perspectives of lefthanded materials", J. Mod. Opt. 52(16) 2343 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B.

• R. Wangberg, J. Elser, E. E. Narimanov, and V. A. Podolskiy, "Non-magnetic nano-composites for optical and infrared negative refraction index media," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. 23, 498 (2006). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

• V. M. Shalaev, W. Cai, U. K. Chettiar, H.-K. Yuan, A. K. Sarychev, V. P. Drachev, and A. V. Kildishev, "Negative index of refraction in optical metamaterials," Opt. Lett. 30, 3356-3358 (2005), [CrossRef]
• V. A. Podolskiy and E. E. Narimanov, "Near-sighted superlens," Opt. Lett. 30, 75-77 (2005), [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

• V. A. Podolskiy, and E. E. Narimanov, "Strongly anisotropic waveguide as a nonmagnetic left-handed system," Phys. Rev. B 71, 201101 (2005). [CrossRef]
• A. A. Govyadinov and V. A. Podolskiy, "Meta-material photonic funnels for sub-diffraction light compression and propagation," Phys. Rev. B 73(15), 155108 (2006). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

• D. R. Smith and D. Schurig, " Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Media with Indefinite Permittivity and Permeability Tensors,"Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 077405 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• J. B. Pendry, "Negative refraction makes a perfect lens," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966-3969 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. Roy. Soc. London

• T. C. T. Ting, "New solutions to pressuring, shearing, torsion, and extension of a cylindrically anisotropic elastic circular tube or bar," Proc. Roy. Soc. London,  A455, 3527-3542 (1999).

Science

• N. Fang, H. Lee, C. Sun and X. Zhang, "Sub-diffraction-limited optical imaging with a sliver superlens," Science 308, 534-537 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• R. A. Shelby, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz,"Experimental verification of a negative index of refraction," Science 292, 77-79 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Sov. Phys. Usp.

• V. G. Veselago, "The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of permittivity and permeability," Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509 (1968). [CrossRef]

Other

• K. J. Webb, M. Yang, D.W. Ward, and K. A. Nelson, "Metrics for negative-refractive-index material," Phys. Rev. E 70, 035602(R) (2004). [CrossRef]
• C. Luo, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, and J. B. Pendry, "All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index," Phys. Rev. B 65, 201104-1-201104-4 (2002). [CrossRef]

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