Superluminal propagation of evanescent modes as a quantum effect

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2007-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/0712.0347v4

Ann. Phys. (Berlin) 17, No. 5, 319-325 (2008)

Physics

Quantum Physics

Also as a Reply to the Comment by H. G. Winful [Phys. Rev. A 76, 057803 (2007)], to be published in Annalen der Physik

Scientific paper

10.1002/andp.200710288

Contrary to mechanical waves, the two-slit interference experiment of single photons shows that the behavior of classical electromagnetic waves corresponds to the quantum mechanical one of single photons, which is also different from the quantum-field-theory behavior such as the creations and annihilations of photons, the vacuum fluctuations, etc. Owing to a purely quantum effect, quantum tunneling particles including tunneling photons (evanescent modes) can propagate over a spacelike interval without destroying causality. With this picture we conclude that the superluminality of evanescent modes is a quantum mechanical rather than a classical phenomenon.

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