Title :
Superfocusing of Light Beams below the Diffraction Limit by Photonic Crystals with Negative Refraction
Author :
Husakou, A. ; Herrmann, J.
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin
Abstract :
We show that photonic crystal with negative refraction amplifying the evanescent waves, combined with an aperture creating seed evanescent components, can focus light beams below the diffraction limit of half of the wavelength
Keywords :
light diffraction; light refraction; metamaterials; optical focusing; photonic crystals; refractive index; diffraction limit; evanescent wave; light aperture; light beam superfocusing; negative refraction; photonic crystal; seed evanescent component; Apertures; Beams; Focusing; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical diffraction; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Slabs; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549200
