Improved image quality of a Ag slab near-field superlens with intrinsic loss of absorption

Opt Express. 2008 Feb 4;16(3):1711-8. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.001711.

Abstract

Intrinsic loss of absorption in the Ag slab near-field superlens turned out to add a blurring effect to the ideal image reconstruction for the impedance match case. By optimizing the real part of the permittivity (epsilon') of Ag, our FDTD calculation predicts approximately 69% enhancement of visibility and approximately 138% increased depth of field for the intensity contrast of 0.5 with similar focal spot size. For a near-field superlens with the higher absorption loss, the optimized image quality is obtained with a larger impedance mismatch, which can be realized by changing the wavelength of incident light for imaging.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Artifacts*
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Lenses*
  • Light
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Refractometry / methods
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silver / chemistry*

Substances

  • Silver