Measurement of superluminal optical tunneling times in double-barrier photonic band gaps

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Longhi, S ^a   Laporta, P ^a   Belmonte, M ^b   Recami, E ^c,d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Corning Optical Tech Italia SpA ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM THEORY;

OPTICAL TUNNELING; PHASE-TIME ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC BAND GAPS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 41349116542     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.046610     Document Type: Article

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