DocumentCode
2653402
Title
Superfocusing of Light Beams below the Diffraction Limit by Photonic Crystals with Negative Refraction
Author
Husakou, A. ; Herrmann, J.
Author_Institution
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
27-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1540
Lastpage
1542
Abstract
We show that photonic crystal with negative refraction amplifying the evanescent waves, combined with an aperture creating seed evanescent components, can focus light beams below the diffraction limit of half of the wavelength
Keywords
light diffraction; light refraction; metamaterials; optical focusing; photonic crystals; refractive index; diffraction limit; evanescent wave; light aperture; light beam superfocusing; negative refraction; photonic crystal; seed evanescent component; Apertures; Beams; Focusing; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical diffraction; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Slabs; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549200
Filename
1549200
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