• DocumentCode
    2885109
  • Title

    Subdiffraction focusing of scanning beams by combined nonlinear and negative-refraction layers

  • Author

    Husakou, A. ; Herrmann, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The possibility to focus a light beam below the diffraction limit, using a Kerr-type nonlinear medium to create seed evanescent components, and a photonic crystal with negative refraction to amplify them, is theoretically predicted.
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; photonic crystals; Kerr type nonlinear medium; negative refraction layers; nonlinear refraction layers; photonic crystal; scanning beams; seed evanescent components; subdiffraction focusing; Crystalline materials; Focusing; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical diffraction; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Slabs; (070.2580) Fourier optics; (220.2560) Focus;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629067
  • Filename
    4629067