Title :
Magnifying Superlens in the Visible Frequency Range
Author :
Smolyaninov, I.I. ; Hung, Y.J. ; Davis, C.C. ; Cho, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD
Abstract :
We report on the experimental realization of a magnifying superlens working in the visible frequency range. Our design is based on a metal-dielectric plasmonic metamaterial, which consists of alternating positive and negative refractive index layers.
Keywords :
lenses; metamaterials; optical materials; plasmonics; refractive index; magnifying superlens; metal-dielectric plasmonic metamaterial; negative refractive index layers; positive refractive index layers; visible frequency range; Frequency; Lenses; Optical films; Optical imaging; Optical microscopy; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Plasmons; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391105
