Alternative perspective on photonic tunneling

作者:Wang, Zhi Yong*; Xiong, Cai Dong; He, Bing
来源:Physical Review A, 2007, 75(1): 013813.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.75.013813

摘要

A relativistic quantum-mechanical description of guided waves is given, based on which we present an alternative way to describe and interpret the propagation of electromagnetic wave packets through an undersized waveguide. In particular, we show that the superluminal phenomenon of evanescent modes is actually a known conclusion in quantum field theory, and it preserves a quantum-mechanical causality.