Influence on the resolution of target detection with defective NR-PC flat lens incorporating Al, Cu by dynamic scanning scheme

Based on the defective NR-PC flat lens incorporating Al or Cu, the effects on the resolution for target detection and imaging are studied with dynamic scanning scheme. We use the finite-difference-time-domain method to do this research. Firstly, by using the NR-PC flat lens may improve the refocusing resolution by four times, if compared to the directly backscattered lightwave without using the NR-PC lens. Then, incorporating Al or Cu into the NR-PC flat lens, we find that the dope modes with very high quality factors will occur in the photonic forbidden band. Also the stimulated radiation is enhanced for the character of energy localization of defective photonic crystal. Further studies show that different kinds of metal and structures will result in different dopped modes in the photonic forbidden band, which will lead to the change of the corresponding resolution. Due to the displacement field redistribution, the photonic crystal containing metal ingredients may take on the typical qualities of all-directional reflection, and the resonant tunneling effect may effectively reduce the loss, which provides greatly improvement on the refocusing resolution when using the defective NR-PC flat lens. In conclusion, our investigation provided the basis for converting an idealized LHM lens into a physically realizable NR-PC flat lens. Meanwhile, by impregnating metallic defect into the NR-PC lens, a new method is found out for the improvement of the refocusing resolution, which further optimizes the performance of a detecting and imaging system.