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    • Metamaterials
    • Nanotechnology

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    • Metamaterials and superlenses suffer from inherent absorption losses and noise, limiting their imaging capabilities.
    • Existing loss compensation techniques often require nonlinear effects or gain media, which are not always practical.
    • The plasmon-injection (Π) scheme offers a novel approach to mitigate losses in optical systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and demonstrate a physical implementation of the plasmon-injection (Π) scheme for enhanced superlens imaging.
    • To compensate for absorption losses and noise in near-field imaging systems.
    • To achieve superlens imaging of objects unresolvable by conventional superlenses.

    Main Methods:

    • Integration of a superlens with a near-field spatial filter.
    • Construction of an auxiliary source via high-intensity illumination (above 1 mW/μm²) of the integrated system.
    • Application of the plasmon-injection (Π) scheme to compensate for system losses.

    Main Results:

    • Successful reconstruction of an object that was previously unresolvable with the superlens alone.
    • Demonstration of enhanced imaging performance in the presence of absorption losses and noise.
    • Validation of the plasmon-injection (Π) scheme's effectiveness in loss compensation.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed physical implementation of the plasmon-injection (Π) scheme is a viable method for loss compensation in near-field imaging.
    • This technique significantly enhances the resolution and performance of superlens systems.
    • The plasmon-injection (Π) scheme offers a practical alternative for loss compensation without relying on nonlinear effects or gain media.