Wave
Phenomena| Wave
Phenomena |
In General > s.a. [wave equations]; green
functions; velocity.
@ Evanescent waves: Kleckner & Ron qp/98;
Voigt et al PRA(00)qp/99 [radiation
pressure]; Papathanassoglou & Vohnsen AJP(03);
Thio AS(06)
[and data storage]; Wang & Xiong PRA(07)
[superluminality]; Nimtz & Stahlhofen a0708,
comment Winful a0709 [as classical analogs of virtual particles, and Lorentz
violation].
@ Non-radiating: Friedlander PLMS(73); Kim & Wolf OC(86); Gamliel
et al JOSA(89); Berry et al AJP(98).
@ Related topics: Hasse et al CQG(96)
[caustics, in general relativity]; Kempf JMP(00)
[superoscillations].
Interference, Interferometry > s.a. atomic;
equivalence principle; Interference; molecular; neutrino; neutron.
* Idea: A phenomenon that allows the study of wave properties of matter
and radiation.
* New techniques: 2001,
Multimode waveguide interferometer (MWI) [@ Ovchinnikov & Pfau PRL(01)
+ pn(01)sep].
@ And quantum mechanics: Jaekel & Reynaud EPL(90)qp/01 [quantum
limits].
@ Two slits: Sudarshan & Rothman AJP(91);
Massar qp/03 [as
quantum fingerprinting];
> s.a. Interference, Young's Experiment.
@ Thin layer iridescence: Lee AS(97) [in plants].
@ And gravity: Camacho PLA(99)qp,
PLA(99)qp;
Peters et al Nat(99)aug
+ pn(99)sep;
Speliotopoulos
& Chiao gq/04/PRD
[response
to gravitational waves].
Other Phenomena > s.a. diffraction;
diffusion; dispersion; doppler; polarization; Refraction.
@ Reflection/transmission coefficients: Mukhopadhyay mp/99 [instantaneous];
> s.a. zeno effect.
@ Phase singularities: Berry & Dennis PRS(01), PRS(01) [knotted].
@ Beyond geometrical optics: Maj JMP(05)mp/04 [Wigner-Weyl
vs complex geometric optics].
@ Other: Kim & Noz qp/04-in
[covariant standing waves].
> Other: see light; quantum
mechanics [wave-particle
duality]; resonances; turbulence.
In Nontrivial Backgrounds > s.a. dissipative
media; huygens
principle; magnetism [plasmas].
@ Random medium: Kogan & Kaveh cm/94/PRB,
FP(96);
Brzezniak & Haba JPA(01)qp/00;
Ramm PLA(03)
[many small bodies]; Miniatura et al a0704 [which-path
information]; > s.a. Anderson Localization,
velocity [speedup].
@ Random metric fluctuations: Hu & Shiokawa PRD(98)gq/97,
Shiokawa PRD(00)ht [stochastic spacetime]; Dettmann et al JPA(04) [trajectory
stabilization].
@ Other backgrounds: Vickers & Wilson CQG(00)gq/99 [conical
spacetimes]; Hod CQG(01)gq/00 [tails
in general
potentials]; D'Ancona & Fanelli m.AP/05 [with
em potential, dispersion].
> Types of waves and backgrounds:
see electromagnetism; gravitational
phenomena; gravitational
waves [including
tails]; sound.
Superluminal Propagation > s.a. causality
violations;
electromagnetism; information; light;
tachyons.
* Experiment: Superluminal
group velocities seen by various labs working on evanescent electromagnetic
waves (1993–1994);
2002, Pulses sent over a significant distance
in a 120-m cable made from a coaxial 'photonic crystal'.
* Other possibilities:
Quantum tunneling (e.g., photons); Ultrasound in water with plastic beads;
Tachyons.
* Theory: In connection with possible causality violations, the relevant
velocity is the front velocity, which coincides with the one given by the characteristics
of the pde governing wave propagation [for a large class
of equations, @ see refs in Shore NPB(02)gq].
@ General references: Tiwari 03; Ranfagni et al PLA(07) [interpretation].
@ Group v > c: Fox et al PRS(70);
Diener PLA(96)
[information transfer], PLA(97)
[energy transport]; Büttiker & Thomas SM(98)qp/97;
Aharonov et al PRL(98)qp [in media with inverted populations]; Garrison et al
PLA(98)qp [and
causality]; Kidambi & Widom
PLA(99)
[through slabs]; Jackson et al PRA(01)
[and vf < c];
Haché & Poirier
APL(02);
Brunner et al PRL(04)qp + pw(04)nov
[measurement, and signal v]; Mugnai PLA(07)
[and causality]; > s.a. kg
fields.
@ QED effects in curved spacetime:
Konstantinov gq/98;
Shore
NPB(02)gq, CP(03)gq.
@ Other situations: Aharonov et al PRL(98)qp [quantum
limitations]; Nowacki qp/02 [??];
Cardone & Mignani
PLA(03)
[Cologne & Florence
experiments]; Mobley in ASA(05);
Ellis
et al gq/07 [matter
with superluminal speed of sound]; Halvorsen & Leinaas a0710 [in a birefringent
crystal]; > s.a. kg
fields; modified
lorentz symmetry.
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