Title :
Optical hyperspace for plasmons: Dyakonov states in metamaterials
Author :
Jacob, Zubin ; Narimanov, Evgenii E.
Author_Institution :
Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We show that the subwavelength imaging behaviour observed in the magnifying superlens experiment [Smolyaninov et.al., Science, 2006] is due to Dyakonov plasmons. This previously unobserved state gives rise to subdiffraction plasmon beams on resonance.
Keywords :
lenses; light diffraction; metamaterials; surface plasmon resonance; Dyakonov plasmons; Dyakonov states; directional plasmon resonance; metamaterials; optical hyperspace; subdiffraction plasmon beams; subwavelength imaging; superlens; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Dielectric substrates; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical imaging; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Polarization; Resonance; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343153
