• DocumentCode
    2533337
  • Title

    Optical hyperspace for plasmons: Dyakonov states in metamaterials

  • Author

    Jacob, Zubin ; Narimanov, Evgenii E.

  • Author_Institution
    Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    563
  • Lastpage
    564
  • Abstract
    We show that the subwavelength imaging behaviour observed in the magnifying superlens experiment [Smolyaninov et.al., Science, 2006] is due to Dyakonov plasmons. This previously unobserved state gives rise to subdiffraction plasmon beams on resonance.
  • Keywords
    lenses; light diffraction; metamaterials; surface plasmon resonance; Dyakonov plasmons; Dyakonov states; directional plasmon resonance; metamaterials; optical hyperspace; subdiffraction plasmon beams; subwavelength imaging; superlens; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Dielectric substrates; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optical imaging; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Polarization; Resonance; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343153
  • Filename
    5343153