@article{dd66fdac3acd4dd8a3f724ee9f969410,
title = "Near-field plates: Metamaterial surfaces/arrays for subwavelength focusing and probing",
abstract = "In this paper, we present a brief overview of near-field plates, which are nonperiodic grating-like surfaces/arrays that can focus electromagnetic field to subwavelength resolutions. The general properties of near-field plates are described, and the procedure used to design these devices is outlined. The design of two separate near-field plates is discussed in detail. One of the near-field plates produces a subwavelength line (1-D) focus while the other a spot (2-D) focus. Potential applications of near-field plates are also reviewed.",
keywords = "Diffraction limit, evanescent wave, focusing, metamaterials, near field",
author = "Anthony Grbic and Roberto Merlin and Thomas, {Erin M.} and Imani, {Mohammadreza F.}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received June 14, 2010; revised October 1, 2010; accepted December 17, 2010. Date of publication May 2, 2011; date of current version September 21, 2011. The authors{\textquoteright} research work on near-field plates was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program Award (FA9550-08-1-0067), the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award (ECCS-0747623), the President Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (FA9550-09-1-0696), and through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative Program (FA9550-06-01-0279). A. Grbic and M. F. Imani are with the Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 USA (e-mail: agrbic@umich.edu). R. Merlin is with the FOCUS Center and Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 USA. E. M. Thomas was with the Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122 USA. She is now with the Engineering and Systems Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493 USA. Funding Information: Dr. Grbic received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2000 Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics Symposium and an IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Graduate Fellowship in 2001. In 2008, he was the recipient of an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award as well as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award. In January 2010, he was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1109/JPROC.2011.2106191",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "99",
pages = "1806--1815",
journal = "Proceedings of the IEEE",
issn = "0018-9219",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "10",
}