DocumentCode
2672564
Title
Physical mechanism for apparent superluminality in barrier tunneling
Author
Winful, H.G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
Summary form only given. The apparent superluminal tunneling of wavepackets through photonic bandgaps and other barriers is shown to be a quasi-static process in which the envelope of the input pulse modulates the amplitude of a standing wave.
Keywords
electromagnetic wave reflection; electromagnetic wave transmission; photonic band gap; tunnelling; Hartman effect; amplitude modulation; apparent superluminality; barrier tunneling; evanescent waves; photonic bandgaps; physical mechanism; quasistatic process; reflected field; transmitted field; Amplitude modulation; Delay effects; Electromagnetic waveguides; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Propagation delay; Pulse modulation; Pulse width modulation; Tunneling;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-749-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2003.238281
Filename
1276441
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