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Optical devices based on materials with negative refraction

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The Abbe invariant is obtained for media with negative refractive index, which allows calculations of optical devices with elements characterized by negative refraction. Formulas for calculating the source-image distances and the magnification provided by various lenses with negative refraction are derived. Block diagrams are given for the focusator, microscope, and spectrograph in which materials with negative refraction are used. The microscope and focusator magnifications are estimated. The linear dispersion is calculated for the spectrograph in which a plane-parallel plate with negative refraction is used as a spectral element.

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    V. S. Gorelik & V. V. Shchavlev

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  1. V. S. Gorelik
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Original Russian Text © V.S. Gorelik, V.V. Shchavlev, 2010, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 12, pp. 23–32.

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Gorelik, V.S., Shchavlev, V.V. Optical devices based on materials with negative refraction. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 37, 374–380 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335610120043

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