Optical Precursors From Classical Waves to Single Photons /

• Main Authors: Chen, JF (Author), Jeong, Heejeong (Author), Loy, MMT (Author), Du, Shengwang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Quantum optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Quantum Optics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Ever since Einstein’s special relativity in 1905, the principle of invariant light speed in vacuum has been attracting attention from a wide range of disciplines. How to interpret the principle of light speed? Is light referred to continuous light, or light pulse with definite boundaries? Recent dis...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theory of optical precursors
• Searching for precursors: From microwave to primary optical experiments.- Observation of optical precursors in cold atoms
• Optical precursor of a single photon
• Discussion and outlook.