Author:
Nimtz, Günter, 1936-
Imprint:Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2008.
Descriptionxvi, 150 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Note:The tunneling process -- Time, space and velocity -- Measures of time and space -- Measures of time : heartbeat, day and year -- Measures of length : foot, meter and light year -- Time in biology -- Perception, thoughts, brainwork, memory -- Biological time unit -- Velocity -- Velocity definitions -- Velocity measurement -- Interaction processes -- Signals -- From Galilei via Newton and Einstein to quantum physics -- Faster than light and zero time phenomena -- The tunneling process : space with zero time -- The tunneling effect -- Tunneling time -- Photonic tunneling structures -- Double prisms -- The quarter wavelength or /i / 4 lattice -- The undersized hollow waveguide -- Tunneling velocity -- Measuring tunneling time with double prisms -- Measuring tunneling time with the quarter wavelength lattice -- Determining tunneling time with an undersized hollow waveguide -- Tunneling : zero time in the tunnel barrier -- Tunneling as a near-field phenomenon -- Causality -- Non-locality : reflection t tunneling barriers - Tunneling particles are not observable -- Universal relation between tunneling time and signal or particle frequency -- Teleportation -- Wormholes and warp drives.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-140) and index.
