Title :
Total reflection cannot occur with a negative delay time
Author :
Resch, Kevin J. ; Lundeen, Jeff S. ; Steinberg, Aephraim M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It was recently predicted [ in ibid., vol. 33, p. 519, 1997] that the frustrated Gires-Tournois interferometer exhibits a negative delay time for reflection. Given its 100% reflectivity, this appears to contradict causality. We demonstrate that an additional, positive, contribution comes from consideration of the transverse dimension. We prove that this contribution is always large enough to enforce a positive total delay
Keywords :
light interferometers; reflectivity; causality; frustrated Gires-Tournois interferometer; light interferometers; negative delay time; positive total delay; reflectivity; transverse dimension; Delay effects; Dielectric materials; Optical interferometry; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Pulse amplifiers; Reflectivity; Taylor series; Tunneling;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
