Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Simple demonstration of visible evanescent-wave enhancement with far-field detection

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We demonstrate the fabrication of a simple metamaterial-diffraction grating device that both amplifies and converts evanescent waves into propagating ones. This is the most accessible example of such phenomena reported until now (to our knowledge), as it requires few thin film layers, operates in the visible, and can be probed with traditional optics. The metamaterial exhibits amplification of evanescent waves generated from total internal reflection. The device was fabricated over 1cm2 using pulsed-laser deposition and a pattern-replication technique.

© 2009 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Enhancement of evanescent spatial harmonics inside media with extreme optical anisotropy

Pavel A. Belov, Yan Zhao, Yang Hao, and Clive Parini
Opt. Lett. 34(4) 527-529 (2009)

Do evanescent waves contribute to the far field?

Emil Wolf and John T. Foley
Opt. Lett. 23(1) 16-18 (1998)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (4)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved