Quantum noise and superluminal propagation

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作者：
Segev, Bilha [1 ]
Milonni, Peter W. [2 ]
Babb, James F. [3 ]
Chiao, Raymond Y. [4 ]
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[1] Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
[2] Theoretical Division (T-4), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States
[3] Inst. Theor. Atom. and Molec. Phys., Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. Astrophys., 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
[4] Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics | 2000年 / 62卷 / 02期
关键词：
Approximation theory - Atoms - Electromagnetic fields - Equations of motion - Fluorescence - Light amplifiers - Maxwell equations - Photons - Quantum theory - Refractive index - Signal to noise ratio;
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摘要：
The question of superlaminal propagation at the one- or few-photon level is addressed. Focus is on the role played by quantum noise in the propagation of extremely weak pulses. Some general considerations based on unitarity and causality are introduced.
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