• DocumentCode
    2885118
  • Title

    Negative refraction and focusing by a left-handed material slab in free space

  • Author

    Aydin, Koray ; Ozbay, Ekmel

  • Author_Institution
    Nanotechnol. Res. Center & Dept. of Phys., Bilkent Univ., Ankara
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Negative refraction and focusing by a left-handed metamaterial (LHM) slab are experimentally verified. We measured refractive index of slab as -1.86. The flat lens behavior of LHM is demonstrated for two different point source distances.
  • Keywords
    lenses; metamaterials; optical focusing; optical materials; refractive index; LHM; flat lens behavior; free space; left-handed material slab; negative refraction; optical focusing; point source distances; refractive index; Focusing; Frequency; Lenses; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Refractive index; Slabs; Surface impedance; (110.2990) Image formation theory; (120.5710) Refraction; (220.3630) Lenses;
  • 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.2006.4629068
  • Filename
    4629068