Superluminal pulse reflection from a weakly absorbing dielectric slab

Abstract

Group delay for a reflected light pulse from a weakly absorbing dielectric slab is theoretically investigated, and large negative group delay is found for weak absorption near a resonance of the slab ($Re(kd)=m\pi$). The group delays for both the reflected and transmitted pulses will be saturated with the increase of the absorption.

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