Imaging visible light using anisotropic metamaterial slab lens

Opt Express. 2009 Dec 7;17(25):22380-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.022380.

Abstract

It has been shown that an anisotropic metamaterial made of nanowire array can realize negative refraction of light even without a negative phase index of refraction. Such non-resonant bulk material can be fabricated by bottom-up electrochemical method. Using this material, we were able to achieve lensing action with micron-thick slab and demonstrate imaging of a slit object. The details of the focused light beam in 3-dimensional space have been mapped with near field scanning optical microscope (NSOM).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lenses*
  • Light
  • Manufactured Materials*
  • Microscopy / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy / methods*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Refractometry / methods*
  • Scattering, Radiation