Title :
Can superluminal propagation in a noisy dispersive medium reduce signal detection latency?
Author :
Dorrah, Ahmed H. ; Mojahedi, Mo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The signal detection latency for superluminal pulses in an inverted medium is calculated and compared to a vacuum channel. The analysis accounts for both the medium and the detector noise. Accordingly, the capabilities and limitations of fast light signaling are discussed.
Keywords :
signal detection; superradiance; detector noise; fast light signaling; inverted medium; noisy dispersive medium; signal detection latency; superluminal propagation; Detectors; Dispersion; Media; Noise measurement; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995293
