DocumentCode
1779180
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
fYear
2014
fDate
12-16 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
621
Lastpage
622
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995293
Filename
6995293
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