Faster-than-light effects and negative group delays in optics and electronics, and their applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4285, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Chiao, R Y ^a   Hickmann, J M ^a   Solli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Device design; Negative group delay; Superluminal laser pulse propagation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROELECTRONICS; MOSFET DEVICES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); DELAY CIRCUITS; LOGIC GATES; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SILICON WAFERS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; CAPACITANCE; FAST RESPONSE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONS; LIGHT VELOCITY;

NEGATIVE GROUP DELAYS; SUPERLUMINAL LASER PULSE PROPAGATION; PULSE DISTORTION; CAUSALITY PRINCIPLE; FASTER-THAN-LIGHT EFFECTS; NEGATIVE GROUP DELAY; PROPAGATION DELAYS; TRANSISTOR LATENCY; FASTER THAN LIGHT EFFCETS; SUPERLUMINAL SIGNALS; QUANTUM TUNNELING PROCESS; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL MEDIA;

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LASER PULSES;

EID: 0034870487     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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