"superluminal" tunneling as a weak measurement effect

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Sokolovski, D ^a,b,c   Msezane, A Z ^b,c   Shaginyan, V R ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

"FAST-LIGHT"; "SUPERLUMINAL"; INFORMATION TRANSFER; SUPERLUMINAL BEHAVIOR;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LASER PULSES; LIGHT; PHOTONS; SPEED;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 26944501897     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.064103     Document Type: Article

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