Does negative refraction make a perfect Lens?

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.09.003MaRDI QIDQ644111zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. G. Ramm

Publication date 2 November 2011

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0280

zbMATH Keywords

wave propagationnegative refractionEM wavesresolution ability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40)

Abstract: A discussion of a question, studied earlier by V.Veselago in 1967 and by J. Pendry in 2000, is given. The question is: can a slab of the material with negative refraction make a perfect lens? Pendry's conclusion was: yes, it can. Our conclusion is: no, in practice it cannot, because of the fluctuations of the refraction coefficient of the slab. Resolution ability of linear isoplanatic optical instruments is discussed.

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