Simultaneous arrival of information in absorbing waveguides

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Jul 9;93(2):020403. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.020403. Epub 2004 Jul 9.

Abstract

We demonstrate that the temporal peak generated by specific electromagnetic pulses may arrive at different positions simultaneously in an absorbing waveguide. The effect can be used for triggering several devices all at once at unknown distances from the sender or generally to transmit information so that it arrives at the same time to receivers at different, unknown locations. This simultaneity cannot be realized by the standard transmission methods.