Fast-light and the Speed of Information Transfer

Michael Z. Feng; Wayne V. Sorin; Rodney S. Tucker

doi:10.1364/SL.2009.SMA1

Advances in Optical Sciences Congress
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
paper SMA1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/SL.2009.SMA1

Fast-light and the Speed of Information Transfer

Michael Z. Feng, Wayne V. Sorin, and Rodney S. Tucker

Slow and Fast Light 2009

Honolulu, Hawaii United States
12–17 July 2009
ISBN: 978-1-55752-873-5

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M. Z. Feng, W. V. Sorin, and R. S. Tucker, "Fast-light and the Speed of Information Transfer," in Advances in Optical Sciences Congress, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009), paper SMA1.

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Abstract

We show that in a gain-assisted fast-light transmission link with a thermal-noise-limited receiver, the speed of information transfer can exceed the speed of light in a vacuum.

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