XRX. S. Rao

X. S. Rao

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X. S. Rao has a total of 1 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:

  • C. K. Ong

    Centre for Superconducting and Magnetic Materials and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542

    4 shared publications

Latest Publications

  • Subwavelength imaging by a left-handed material superlens

    by X. S. Rao, C. K. Ong

    In this work, a finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is employed to justify the superlensing effect of left-handed material (LHM) slabs. Our results demonstrate that subwavelength resolution can be achieved by LHM slabs with certain parameters. We present the dynamic feature of the imaging process and the dependence of physical parameters on the performance of the superlens. These results help to clarify the diversed FDTD results reported previously. We also show that the achievable resolution is limited by the absorption and thickness of the LHM slabs, which introduces difficulties in practical applications of the superlens.


  • Amplification of evanescent waves in a lossy left-handed material slab

    by X. S. Rao, C. K. Ong

    We carry out finite-difference time-domain simulations, with a specially designed boundary condition, on pure evanescent waves interacting with a lossy left-handed material (LHM) slab. Our results provide the full-wave numerical evidence for the amplification of evanescent waves inside a LHM slab of finite absorption. The amplification is due to the interactions between the evanescent waves and the coupled surface polaritons at the two surfaces of the LHM slab and the physical process can be described by a simple model.


  • Open Access

    Subwavelength imaging by a left-handed material superlens

    by X. S. Rao, C. K. Ong

    In this work, finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is employed to justify the superlensing effect of left-handed material (LHM) slabs. Our results demonstrate that subwavelength resolution can be achieved by realistic LHM slabs with finite absorption and dimension. We present the dynamic feature of the imaging process and the dependence of physical parameters on the performance of the superlens. These results help to clarify the diversed FDTD results reported previously. We also show that the achievable resolution is limited by the absorption and thickness of the LHM slabs, which introduces difficulties in practical applications of the superlens.

  • Open Access

    Amplification of evanescent waves in a lossy left-handed material slab

    by X. S. Rao, C. K. Ong

    We carry out finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations, with a specially-designed boundary condition, on pure evanescent waves interacting with a lossy left-handed material (LHM) slab. Our results provide the first full-wave numerical evidence for the amplification of evanescent waves inside a LHM slab of finite absorption. The amplification is due to the interactions between the evanescent waves and the coupled surface polaritons at the two surfaces of the LHM slab and the physical process can be described by a simple model.