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| Negative refraction makes a perfect lens |
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| Author(s): Pendry JB |
| Source: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 85 Issue: 18 Pages: 3966-3969 Published: OCT 30 2000 |
| Times Cited: 2,735 References: 9 |
| Abstract: 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. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Pendry, JB (reprint author), Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, Prince Consort Rd, London SW7 2BZ, England |
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1. Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, Condensed Matter Theory Grp, London SW7 2BZ, England |
| Publisher: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA |
| Subject Category: Physics, Multidisciplinary |
| IDS Number: 368ZA |
| ISSN: 0031-9007 |
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