Far-field sub-wavelength imaging and focusing using a wire medium based resonant metalens

Abstract

This is the second article in a series of two dealing with the concept of a ‘resonant metalens’ we introduced recently. This is a new type of lens capable of coding in time and radiating efficiently in the far-field region sub-diffraction information about an object. A proof of the concept of such a lens is performed in the microwave range, using a medium made out of a square lattice of parallel conducting wires with finite length. We investigate a sub-wavelength focusing scheme with time reversal and demonstrate experimentally spots with focal widths of λ/25. Through a cross-correlation based imaging procedure we show an image reconstruction with a resolution of λ/80. Eventually we discuss the limitations of such a lens which reside essentially in losses.

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge funding from Orange Labs, and F. Lemoult acknowledges funding from the French ‘Direction Générale de l'Armement’.