Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Klimov, V. V
• Baudon, J
• Ducloy, M

Titel

Comparative focusing of Maxwell and Dirac fields by negative-refraction half-space

Ist Teil von

• Europhysics letters, 2011-04, Vol.94 (2), p.20006

Ort / Verlag

IOP Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We derive exact analytical solutions for the focusing of Maxwell photons and massless Dirac particles by half-space with negative refraction. These novel paradoxical solutions show that half-space with negative refraction cannot be simply considered as a superlens. Instead of a 2D focus spot it results in the creation of a sink of complicated spatial structure. Our analytical solutions also show substantial differences in the focusing of Maxwell and Dirac field within this geometry. We find a new manifestation of the Klein paradox which is the creation of sinks in the negative-refraction area. Possible applications and generalizations of our approach are discussed.