Sub-wavelength focusing meta-lens.
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چکیده
We show that a planar plasmonic metamaterial with spatially variable meta-atom parameters can focus transmitted light into sub-wavelength hot-spots located beyond the near-field of the metamaterial. By nano-structuring a gold film we created an array of meta-lenses generating foci of 160 nm (0.2λ) in diameter when illuminated by a wavelength of 800 nm. We attribute the occurrence of sub-wavelength hotspots beyond the near field to the phenomenon of superoscillation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Optics express
دوره 21 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013