Optical silver superlens imaging below the diffraction limit

Hyesog Lee*, Yi Xiong, Nicholas Fang, Werayut Srituravanich, Stephane Durant, Muralidhar Ambati, Cheng Sun, Xiang Zhang

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Abstract

Conventional optical imaging systems cannot resolve the features smaller than approximately half the size of the working wavelength, called the diffraction limit. The superlens theory predicts that a flat lens made of an ideal material with negative permittivity and/or permeability is able to resolve features much smaller than working wavelength through the restoration of evanescent waves[l]. We experimentally demonstrated the superlens concept for the first time using a thin silver slab in a quasi-static regime; a 60nm half-pitch object was imaged with λ=365nm illumination wavelength, λ/6 resolution[3], and the imaging of 50nm half-pitch object under the same light source, λ/7, was also reported[4]. Here, we present mainly experimental studies of near-field optical superlens imaging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNegative Index Materials
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Microwave to Optical
PublisherMaterials Research Society
Pages61-67
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)1558998764, 9781558998766
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event2006 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Apr 17 2006Apr 21 2006

Publication series

NameMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume919
ISSN (Print)0272-9172

Other

Other2006 MRS Spring Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period4/17/064/21/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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