SubDiffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Superlens
@article{Fang2005SubDiffractionLimitedOI, title={SubDiffraction-Limited Optical Imaging with a Silver Superlens}, author={Nicholas X. Fang and H. Lee and C. Sun and X. Zhang}, journal={Science}, year={2005}, volume={308}, pages={534 - 537} }
Recent theory has predicted a superlens that is capable of producing sub–diffraction-limited images. This superlens would allow the recovery of evanescent waves in an image via the excitation of surface plasmons. Using silver as a natural optical superlens, we demonstrated sub–diffraction-limited imaging with 60-nanometer half-pitch resolution, or one-sixth of the illumination wavelength. By proper design of the working wavelength and the thickness of silver that allows access to a broad… CONTINUE READING
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