Far-field subdiffraction optical microscopy using metamaterial crystals: Theory and simulations
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Far-field subdiffraction optical microscopy using metamaterial crystals: Theory and simulations
Here we suggest and explore theoretically an idea for a far-field scanless optical microscopy with a subdiffraction resolution. We exploit the special dispersion characteristics of an anisotropic metamaterial crystal that is obliquely cut at its output plane, or has a curved output surface, in order to map the input field distribution onto the crystal’s output surface with a compressed angular ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review B
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1098-0121,1550-235X
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.74.075103