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Alternative perspective on photonic tunneling

Zhi-Yong Wang, Cai-Dong Xiong, Bing He

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0612069

Abstract

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.

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