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Nanogradient dielectric coatings and metamaterials

On the resolution of lenses made of a negative-index material

A. B. Petrin

Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Resolution of the lenses made of a negative-index material is considered. It is shown that the super-resolution concept is untenable and the possibility of obtaining a perfect image on its own eventually contradicts Maxwell's equations in vacuum. It is also shown that known limitations of the diffraction theory on resolution of optical instruments hold true for the resolution of lenses of a negative-index material, in particular, the resolution of a Veselago lens.

Keywords: resolution, negative-index material, diffraction theory.

PACS: 78.20.Ci, 78.67.-n, 41.20.Jb

Received: 12.04.2013
Revised: 24.06.2013

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2013, 43:9, 814–818

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