• DocumentCode
    2780435
  • Title

    Experimental Study of the Subwavelength Imaging by a Wire Medium Slab

  • Author

    Belov, Pavel A. ; Zhao, Yan ; Alomainy, Akram ; Hao, Yang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Queen Maty Univ. of London
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-23 March 2007
  • Firstpage
    459
  • Lastpage
    462
  • Abstract
    An experimental investigation of sub-wavelength imaging by a wire medium slab is performed. A complex-shaped near field source is used in order to test imaging performance of the device. It is demonstrated that the ultimate bandwidth of operation of the constructed imaging device is 4.5% that coincides with theoretical predictions [Phys. Rev. E 73, 056607 (2006)]. Within this band the wire medium slab is capable of transmitting images with lambda/15 resolution irrespectively of the shape and complexity of the source. Actual bandwidth of operation for particular near-field sources can be larger than the ultimate value and it strongly depends on the configuration of the source.
  • Keywords
    wire antennas; complex-shaped near field source; subwavelength imaging; wire medium slab; Bandwidth; Frequency; Geometry; Image resolution; Metamaterials; Reflection; Shape; Slabs; Testing; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antenna Technology: Small and Smart Antennas Metamaterials and Applications, 2007. IWAT '07. International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Cambridge
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1088-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-1088-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IWAT.2007.370173
  • Filename
    4227489