Time-domain nature of group delayProject supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB329002) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61371012)

The characteristic of group delay is analyzed based on an electronic circuit, and its time-domain nature is studied with time-domain simulation and experiment. The time-domain simulations and experimental results show that group delay is the delay of the energy center of the amplitude-modulated puls...

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Published in:Chinese physics B 2015-10, Vol.24 (10)
Main Authors: Wang, Jian-Wu, Feng, Zheng-He
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
energy center
group delay
superluminality
time domain
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Summary:The characteristic of group delay is analyzed based on an electronic circuit, and its time-domain nature is studied with time-domain simulation and experiment. The time-domain simulations and experimental results show that group delay is the delay of the energy center of the amplitude-modulated pulse, rather than the propagation delay of the electromagnetic field. As group velocity originates from the definition of group delay and group delay is different from the propagation delay, the superluminality or negativity of group velocity does not mean the superluminal or negative propagation of the electromagnetic field.
ISSN:1674-1056
DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/24/10/100301