Title :
Eigen mode approach to the sub-wavelength imaging with surface plasmon polaritons
Author :
Zhang, Beibei ; Khurgin, Jacob B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We develop a novel physically transparent model that establishes unequivocal connection between surface plasma polariton (SPP) modes and sub-wavelength imaging in the super-lens, and use it to analyze the modulation transfer function.
Keywords :
image resolution; lenses; optical images; optical transfer function; polaritons; surface plasmons; eigenmode method; modulation transfer function; physically transparent model; subwavelength imaging; superlens; surface plasmon polaritons; Lenses; Materials; Optical imaging; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
