Electromagnetic Surface Modes at Interfaces with Negative Refractive Index make a "Not-Quite-Perfect" Lens
Abstract
Interfaces between media with negative relative refractive index generically support propagating electromagnetic surface polariton modes with large wavenumber. The relation of these modes to a recent prediction by Pendry of ``perfect (real) image formation'' by a parallel slab of negative-refractive-index material is analyzed. The ``perfect image'' theory is found to be incomplete without inclusion of a large-wavenumber cutoff that derives from a necessary wavenumber-dependence of the constitutive relations, and which controls the resolution of the image.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0206420,
title = {Electromagnetic Surface Modes at Interfaces with Negative Refractive Index make a "Not-Quite-Perfect" Lens},
author = {F. D. M. Haldane},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0206420},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, (incl.3 figs), LaTeX (RevTeX4) Updated to cite earlier surface polariton work by R. Ruppin + minor correction to Fig.3. Conclusions restated more clearly v3. has an improved Fig 3 showing the polariton spectrum more accurately