This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.Mattiucci, N.D’Aguanno, G.Scalora, M.Bloemer, M. J.Sibilia, C.2020-06-032020-06-03N. Mattiucci, G. D’Aguanno, M. Scalora, M. J. Bloemer, and C. Sibilia, "Transmission function properties for multi-layered structures: Application to super-resolution," Opt. Express 17, 17517-17529 (2009), https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.017517https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.017517http://hdl.handle.net/11603/18808We discuss the properties of the transmission function in the k-space for a generic multi-layered structure. In particular we analytically demonstrate that a transmission greater than one in the evanescent spectrum (amplification of the evanescent modes) can be directly linked to the guided modes supported by the structure. Moreover we show that the slope of the phase of the transmission function in the propagating spectrum is inversely proportional to the ability of the structure to compensate the diffraction of the propagating modes. We apply these findings to discuss several examples where super-resolution is achieved thanks to the simultaneous availability of the amplification of the evanescent modes and the diffraction compensation of the propagating modes.13 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Public Domain Mark 1.0Transmission function properties for multi-layered structures: Application to super-resolutionText