• DocumentCode
    500557
  • Title

    Numerical prediction of minimum sub-diffraction-limit image resolved by silver surface plasmon lenses

  • Author

    Fujii, Masafumi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Syst. Eng., Univ. of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The minimum possible size of sub-diffraction-limit imaging by the surface plasmon polarition (SPP) induced in thin metal lenses has been analyzed with FDTD method, considering plasmon interference, reflection and transmission of evanescent fields.
  • Keywords
    finite difference time-domain analysis; lenses; light diffraction; silver; surface plasmons; Ag; FDTD method; evanescent fields transmission; plasmon interference; plasmon reflection; sub-diffraction-limit imaging; surface plasmon lenses; surface plasmon polarition; thin metal lenses; Image resolution; Lenses; Plasmons; Silver; (160.3918) Metamaterials; (220.3740) Litography; (240.6680) Surface plasmons; (240.6690) Surface waes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225969