Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 7, Issue 2, 02134(2009)

Evanescent waves of an annular left-handed material lens

Changchun Yan, Yiping Cui, Qiong Wang, and Changgui Lv
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  • Advanced Photonics Center, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 2100962 School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xuzhou Normal University, Xuzhou 221116
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    The imaging system formed by an annular left-handed material (LHM) lens as well as the evanescent waves in the lens are simulated numerically with a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. For b-a>\lambda (a and b are respectively the inner and outer radii of the annular lens, and \lambda is the wavelength), when a point source is placed at an internal grid point, we demonstrate that the evanescent waves are produced around the internal interface, and cannot propagate outwards. As for b-a<\lambda, the evanescent waves appear around both the internal and the external interfaces, which remarkably implies the coupling between the two interfaces. Hence it can be inferred that the evanescent waves around the external interface participating in the super-resolution imaging result from the coupling of the evanescent waves around the interface. Moreover, the partly uncomprehended properties of the evanescent waves in the LHM slab are also disclosed. It is conducive to understanding the evanescent waves in the LHMs further.

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    Changchun Yan, Yiping Cui, Qiong Wang, Changgui Lv. Evanescent waves of an annular left-handed material lens[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2009, 7(2): 02134

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 16, 2008

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 23, 2009

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    DOI:10.3788/COL20090702.0134

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