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Subwavelength focusing inside an open disordered medium by time reversal at a single point antenna

Optics 2015-06-12 v2

Abstract

We study theoretically light focusing at subwavelength scale inside a disordered strongly scattering open medium. We show that broadband time reversal at a single point antenna, in conjunction with near-field interactions and multiple scattering, produces spatial focusing with a quality comparable to that obtained in an ideal closed cavity. This gives new perspectives for super-resolved optical imaging and coherent control of single nanosources or absorbers in complex media.

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@article{arxiv.1211.5320,
  title  = {Subwavelength focusing inside an open disordered medium by time reversal at a single point antenna},
  author = {Romain Pierrat and Cédric Vandenbem and Mathias Fink and Rémi Carminati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.5320},
  year   = {2015}
}