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View SchemaBirefringent left-handed metamaterials and perfect lenses
| Authors | Alexander A. Zharov, Nina A. Zharova, Roman E. Noskov, Ilya V. Shadrivov, Yuri S. Kivshar |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0412128 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0412128 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/220 |
| Journal | New J. Phys. 7, 220 (2005) |
Abstract
We describe the properties of birefringent left-handed metamaterials and introduce the concept of a birefringent perfect lens. We demonstrate that, in a sharp contrast to the conventional left-handed perfect lens at $\epsilon=\mu=-1$, where $\epsilon$ is the dielectric constant and $\mu$ is the magnetic permeability, the birefringent left-handed lens can focus either TE or TM polarized waves or both of them, allowing a spatial separation of the TE and TM images. We discuss several applications of the birefringent left-handed lenses such as the beam splitting and near-field diagnostics at the sub-wavelength scale.
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