Reflectionless evanescent-wave amplification by two dielectric planar waveguides.
Utilizing the underlying physics of evanescent-wave amplification by a negative-refractive-index slab, it is shown that evanescent waves with specific spatial frequencies can also be amplified without any reflection simply by two dielectric planar waveguides. The simple configuration allows one to take advantage of the high resolution limit of a high-refractive-index material without contact with the object.
Tsang
Mankei
M
Department of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. mankei@sunoptics.caltech.edu
Psaltis
Demetri
D