Super-resolution scanning imaging based on metal-dielectric composite metamaterials.

We propose super-resolution scanning imaging by using a metamaterial composed of a silver-silicon dioxide composite covered by a layer of chromium containing one slit and a silicon dioxide substrate. By simulating a distribution of energy flow in the metamaterial for an -polarized wave, we find that the output beam exhibits focusing accompanied with good directional radiation, which is able to be designed as a super-resolution scanning probe. We also demonstrate numerically super-resolution imaging by scanning our designed metamaterial over a sub-wavelength object.