Nonlocal reflection by photonic barriers
Optics
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
The time behaviour of microwaves undergoing partial reflection by photonic barriers was measured in the time and in the frequency domain. It was observed that unlike the duration of partial reflection by dielectric layers, the measured reflection duration of barriers is independent of their length. The experimental results point to a nonlocal behaviour of evanescent modes at least over a distance of some ten wavelengths. Evanescent modes correspond to photonic tunnelling in quantum mechanics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0103073,
title = {Nonlocal reflection by photonic barriers},
author = {R. -M. Vetter and A. Haibel and G. Nimtz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0103073},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figures