We present an easy way of observing superluminal group velocities using a birefringent optical fiber and other standard devices. In the theoretical analysis, we show that the optical properties of the setup can be described using the notion of “weak value.” The experiment shows that the group velocity can indeed exceed c in the fiber; and we report the first direct observation of the so-called “signal velocity,” the speed at which information propagates and that cannot exceed c.
按照holmescn的观点,观察到的光速是相速,那么在真空中可能观察的光速是可以超越3×10 8 m/s的?(光速最大原理只是约束了群速度),不知道是否有实验证明?抑或是我理解错误?
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[ Last edited by holmescn on 2010-1-28 at 09:22 ]
We present an easy way of observing superluminal group velocities using a birefringent optical fiber and other standard devices. In the theoretical analysis, we show that the optical properties of the setup can be described using the notion of “weak value.” The experiment shows that the group velocity can indeed exceed c in the fiber; and we report the first direct observation of the so-called “signal velocity,” the speed at which information propagates and that cannot exceed c.
好像和你说的刚好想反啊?
相速度(传播信息的速度)不能超过光速,而群速度可以超过光速,
额,呵呵,我理解有问题了。Sorry.
主要是光速不变原理我一直没理解,想学习学习
对于群速度和相速度的本质也一直不清楚
PS:你给的原文很好啊,完全没有必要删除吗,大家都是互相学习而已
[ Last edited by fah on 2010-1-28 at 11:03 ]
相速度是可以超过光速的,在反常色散时就可以很容易观察到这种现象,群速度也有可能超过光速。光速不变原理只是约束信息传播速度或者能量传播速度的上限值是光速。
‘光速不变原理’是相对论的一个基本定理.讨论的是在不同惯性系中对光的传播速度观测结果应当一样。也可以看成是一个基本假设。至于‘信息传播速度或者能量传播速度的上限值是光速’似乎相对论没有把它作为一个基本定理或假设。是人们根据因果关系和‘对钟’要求推断出来的结论。
能否解释一下所谓的信息传播速度或能量传播速度与相速度,群速度之间的区别与联系吗?