Theoretical evidence for the superluminality of evanescent modes

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Zhi Yong ^a   Xiong, Cai Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; QUANTUM THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

EVANESCENT WAVES; QUANTUM PROBABILITY; SUPERLUMINAL PHENOMENON; SUPERLUMINALITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 34147164962     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.042105     Document Type: Article

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