Veselago lens by photonic hyper-crystals

TL;DR

This paper proposes a Veselago lens using photonic hyper-crystals, combining hyperbolic materials and photonic crystals to achieve negative refraction with reduced aberrations, useful for advanced imaging applications.

Contribution

It introduces a novel Veselago lens based on photonic hyper-crystals, demonstrating nearly constant negative refractive index and reduced aberrations for improved imaging.

Findings

Achieves nearly constant negative refractive index

Reduces image aberrations significantly

Potential applications in photolithography and circuit detection

Abstract

An imaging system functioning as a Veselago lens has been proposed based on the novel concept of photonic "hyper-crystal" -- an artificial optical medium synthesizing the properties of hyperbolic materials and photonic crystals. This Veselago lens shows a nearly constant negative refractive index and substantially reduced image aberrations. It can find potential applications in photolithography and hot-spots detection of silicon-based integrated circuits.