Near field imaging with resonant cavity lens

doi:10.1364/OE.18.002325

Near field imaging with resonant cavity lens

Guixin Li, Jensen Li, H. L. Tam, C. T. Chan, and K. W. Cheah »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 3, pp. 2325-2331 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.002325

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Abstract

We showed that a Ag-SiO₂-Ag Fabry-Pérot cavity can be used in near-field imaging based on omnidirectional resonance tunneling. The omnidirectional resonance was experimentally demonstrated in the Ag-SiO₂-Ag resonant cavity working at a wavelength of 365 nm. The resonant cavity lens with high transmittance and high image fidelity was fabricated using standard photolithography method. Grating source with 190 nm line resolution was imaged through the resonant cavity lens with a total thickness of 128 nm.

OCIS Codes
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
(250.5403) Optoelectronics : Plasmonics
(310.6628) Thin films : Subwavelength structures, nanostructures

ToC Category:
Imaging Systems

History
Original Manuscript: November 18, 2009
Revised Manuscript: January 13, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: January 14, 2010
Published: January 21, 2010

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Guixin Li, Jensen Li, H. L. Tam, C. T. Chan, and K. W. Cheah, "Near field imaging with resonant cavity lens," Opt. Express 18, 2325-2331 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-3-2325

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Akozbek, N.
Alomainy, A.
Arnold, P. J.
Belov, P. A.
Blaikie, R. J.
Bloemer, M.
Bones, M. D.
Brongersma, M. L.
Christy, R. W.
D’Aguanno, G.
Durant, S.
Fan, S.
Fang, N.
Gramotnev, D. K.
Hao, Y.
Ikonen, P.
Johnson, J. B.
Kwok, C. W.
Lai, H. M.
Lee, H.
Liu, J. S. Q.
Liu, Z.
Loo, Y. W.
Mattiucci, N.
Melville, D. O. S.
Moore, C. P.
Pendry, J. B.
Pikus, Y.
Pile, D. F. P.
Ramakrishna, S. A.
Scalora, M.
Shin, H.
Simovski, C. R.
Stewart, W. J.
Sudhakaran, S.
Sun, C.
Veselago, V. G.
Wiltshire, M. C.
Xiong, Y.
Xu, B. Y.
Yanik, M. F.
Zhang, X.
Zhao, Y.
Zia, R.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

P. A. Belov, Y. Zhao, S. Sudhakaran, A. Alomainy, and Y. Hao, “Experimental study of the subwavelength imaging by a wire medium slab,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(26), 262109 (2006). [CrossRef]
D. F. P. Pile and D. K. Gramotnev, “Adiabatic and nonadiabatic nanofocusing of plasmons by tapered gap Plasmon waveguides,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(4), 041111 (2006). [CrossRef]
J. S. Q. Liu and M. L. Brongersma, “Omnidirectional light emission via surface Plasmon polaritons,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90(9), 091116 (2007). [CrossRef]
H. Shin, M. F. Yanik, S. Fan, R. Zia, and M. L. Brongersma, “Omnidirectional resonsnce in a metal-dielectric-metal geometry,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 84(22), 4421–4423 (2004). [CrossRef]
M. Bloemer, G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, M. Scalora, and N. Akozbek, “Broadband super-resolving lens with high transparency in the visible range,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 90(17), 174113 (2007). [CrossRef]

J. Mod. Opt.

S. A. Ramakrishna, J. B. Pendry, M. C. Wiltshire, and W. J. Stewart, “Imaging the near field,” J. Mod. Opt. 50, 1419–1430 (2003).

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A

C. P. Moore, M. D. Bones, P. J. Arnold, and R. J. Blaikie, “Image fidelity for single-layer and multi-layer silver superlenses,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 25(4), 911–918 (2008). [CrossRef]

Nano Lett.

Z. Liu, S. Durant, H. Lee, Y. Pikus, N. Fang, Y. Xiong, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Far-field optical superlens,” Nano Lett. 7(2), 403–408 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Nat. Mater.

X. Zhang and Z. Liu, “Superlenses to overcome the diffraction limit,” Nat. Mater. 7(6), 435–441 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

D. O. S. Melville and R. J. Blaikie, “Super-resolution imaging through a planar silver layer,” Opt. Express 13(6), 2127–2134 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. B

P. A. Belov, C. R. Simovski, and P. Ikonen, “Transmission of images with subwavelength resolution to distances of several wavelengths in the microwave range,” Phys. Rev. B 77(19), 193108 (2008). [CrossRef]
J. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, “Optical constants of the nobel metals,” Phys. Rev. B 6(12), 4370–4379 (1972). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E Stat. Phys. Plasmas Fluids Relat. Interdiscip. Topics

H. M. Lai, C. W. Kwok, Y. W. Loo, and B. Y. Xu, “Energy-flux pattern in the goos-Hanchen effect,” Phys. Rev. E Stat. Phys. Plasmas Fluids Relat. Interdiscip. Topics 62(55 Pt B), 7330–7339 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

J. B. Pendry, “Negative refraction makes a perfect lens,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 85(18), 3966–3969 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Science

N. Fang, H. Lee, C. Sun, and X. Zhang, “Sub-diffraction-limited optical imaging with a silver superlens,” Science 308(5721), 534–537 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Sov. Phys. Usp.

V. G. Veselago, “The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of ε and µ,” Sov. Phys. Usp. 10, 509–514 (1968). [CrossRef]

Other

C. T. Jensen Li, Chan, “Imaging using nano metallic films: from evanescent wave lens to resonant tunneling lens,” arXiv:physics, 0701172 (2007).

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