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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 5 — Mar. 1, 2010
  • pp: 4838–4844

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Focusing light into deep subwavelength using metamaterial immersion lenses

Changbao Ma and Zhaowei Liu  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 5, pp. 4838-4844 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.004838


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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate metamaterial immersion lenses by shaping plasmonic metamaterials. The convex and concave shapes for the elliptically and hyperbolically dispersive metamaterials are designed using phase compensation method. Numerical simulations verify that the metamaterial immersion lenses possess exceptionally large effective numerical apertures thus can achieve deep subwavelength resolution focusing. We also discuss the importance of the losses in modulating the optical transfer function and thus in enhancing the performance of the metamaterial immersion lenses.

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OCIS Codes
(220.3630) Optical design and fabrication : Lenses
(350.5730) Other areas of optics : Resolution
(160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials
(350.4238) Other areas of optics : Nanophotonics and photonic crystals

ToC Category:
Optical Design and Fabrication

History
Original Manuscript: January 27, 2010
Revised Manuscript: February 11, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: February 12, 2010
Published: February 23, 2010

Citation
Changbao Ma and Zhaowei Liu, "Focusing light into deep subwavelength using metamaterial immersion lenses," Opt. Express 18, 4838-4844 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-5-4838


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