Subwavelength imaging by a nonlinear negative refraction lens through four wave mixing

Opt Express. 2017 Oct 2;25(20):24272-24280. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.024272.

Abstract

We propose a new approach for subwavelength imaging using a nonlinear negative refraction lens based on four wave mixing process. Here a thin metal film is implemented as the nonlinear negative refraction lens to bend the incident signal waves to negatively refracted FWM ones according to the partial phase matching along its surface. The imaging process can be described by the nonlinear optical transfer function over the entire spatial spectra including the evanescent ones. Analytical calculations and numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the capability of such imaging. Compared with the existing techniques, our method works on non-resonant condition over a broad range of spectrum, therefore, it may open up a new avenue for super-resolution imaging applications.