Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Optics

Beyond diffraction

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

A material with a cunningly designed optical response overcomes a fundamental limit to image resolution. This 'hyperlens' produces magnified images of objects smaller than the wavelength of the imaging light.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: How to build a hyperlens.

References

  1. Liu, Z., Lee, H., Xiong, Y., Sun, C. & Zhang, X. Science 315, 1686 (2007).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Smolyaninov, I. I., Hung, Y.-J. & Davis, C. C. Science 315, 1699–1701 (2007).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Abbe, E. Arch. Mikrosk. Anat. EntwMech. 9, 413–468 (1873).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Jacob, Z., Alekseyev, L. V. & Narimanov, E. Opt. Express 14, 8247–8256 (2006).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Salandrino, A. & Engheta, N. Phys. Rev. B 74, 075103 (2006).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Pendry, J. B. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3966–3969 (2000).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Liu, Z. et al. Nano Lett. 7, 403–408 (2007).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Evgenii E. Narimanov and Vladimir M. Shalaev are in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. evgenii@purdue.edu shalaev@purdue.edu,

    Evgenii E. Narimanov & Vladimir M. Shalaev

Authors
  1. Evgenii E. Narimanov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Vladimir M. Shalaev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Narimanov, E., Shalaev, V. Beyond diffraction. Nature 447, 266–267 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447266a

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/447266a

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation