Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966–3969 (2000)Negative Refraction Makes a Perfect Lens
With a conventional lens sharpness of the image is always limited by the wavelength of light. An unconventional alternative to a lens, a slab of negative refractive index material, has the power to focus all Fourier components of a 2D image, even those that do not propagate in a radiative manner. Such “superlenses” can be realized in the microwave band with current technology. Our simulations show that a version of the lens operating at the frequency of visible light can be realized in the form of a thin slab of silver. This optical version resolves objects only a few nanometers across. © 2000 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3966
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3966
PACS:
78.20.Ci, 42.30.Wb, 73.20.Mf, 78.66.Bz
See AlsoComment: G. W. 't Hooft, Comment on “Negative Refraction Makes a Perfect Lens”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 249701 (2001). Comment: John Michael Williams, Some Problems with Negative Refraction, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 249703 (2001). Reply: John Pendry, Pendry Replies:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 249702 (2001). Reply: John Pendry, Pendry Replies:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 249704 (2001). Reply: M. Nieto-Vesperinas and N. Garcia, Nieto-Vesperinas and Garcia Reply:, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 099702 (2003). |
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