Off-axis characteristic of subwavelength focusing in anisotropic metamaterials

In this paper, off-axis characteristic of subwavelength focusing in anisotropic metamaterials is examined and analyzed numerically. Conditions for reducing aberrations of off-axis focus are presented and demonstrated. Also discussed are geometrical parameters' influences on the off-axis focusing behavior. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

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