Revisiting the Perfect Lens
Optics
2008-07-14 v1
Abstract
We carefully examine the negative refractive index slab perfect lens theory by Pendry and point out an inconsistency that can be resolved. As a result, we find negative index slabs do not amplify or enhance evanescent waves and therefore they do not make a perfect lens in the sense that was originally suggested.
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@article{arxiv.0807.1768,
title = {Revisiting the Perfect Lens},
author = {Weiguo Yang and John O. Schenk and Michael A. Fiddy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0807.1768},
year = {2008}
}
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