The negative refraction and imaging effects in photonic crystals can be used to solve diffraction limit problem in near-field optics.Improving transmission efficiency and image resolution is a critical work for negati...The negative refraction and imaging effects in photonic crystals can be used to solve diffraction limit problem in near-field optics.Improving transmission efficiency and image resolution is a critical work for negative refraction imaging.We theoretically investigate the band structures,equi-frequency surfaces,electromagnetic wave propagation,and the image intensity distributions in a two-dimensional hexagonal photonic crystal consisting of hollow components.It is found that,in contrast to a hexagonal photonic crystal consisting of solid dielectric cylinders of the same radius,photonic crystals with hollow components can be used to optimize the all-angle negative refraction.Numerical simulations show that the transmission efficiency and resolution of image can be enhanced by changing the radii of the hollow air rods.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 60907005,10804063 and 51102148the National Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province under Grant Nos ZR2011FQ011 and ZR2010AM025+3 种基金the National Science and Technology Program of Shandong Province under Grant No 2011GGH20119the Research Award Fund for Outstanding Young Scientists of Shandong Province under Grant No BS2011DX023the Science&Technology Bureau of Shenzhen under Grant No 0014632063100426032the Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University under Grant No 2010TB019.
文摘The negative refraction and imaging effects in photonic crystals can be used to solve diffraction limit problem in near-field optics.Improving transmission efficiency and image resolution is a critical work for negative refraction imaging.We theoretically investigate the band structures,equi-frequency surfaces,electromagnetic wave propagation,and the image intensity distributions in a two-dimensional hexagonal photonic crystal consisting of hollow components.It is found that,in contrast to a hexagonal photonic crystal consisting of solid dielectric cylinders of the same radius,photonic crystals with hollow components can be used to optimize the all-angle negative refraction.Numerical simulations show that the transmission efficiency and resolution of image can be enhanced by changing the radii of the hollow air rods.
