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Super-resolution imaging through a planar silver layer
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It has been proposed that a planar silver layer could be used to project a super-resolution image in the near field when illuminated near its plasma frequency [J. B. Pendry, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3966 (2000)]. This has been investigated experimentally using a modified form of conformal-mask photolithography, where dielectric spacers and silver layers are coated onto a tungsten-on-glass mask. We report here on the experimental confirmation that super-resolution imaging can be achieved using a 50-nm thick planar silver layer as a near-field lens at wavelengths around 365 nm. Gratings with periods down to 145 nm have been resolved, which agrees well with our finite-difference time domain (FDTD) simulations.
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- Authors
- Melville, D. O. S., & Blaikie, R. J.
- Venue
- Optics Express
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 2005
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 2127
- ISSN
- 1094-4087 (ISSN-L)
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- W2152554179
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- 32.28
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- Language
- en
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