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Discussion and Outlook

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We discuss the potential applications of optical precursors. Precursor fields are generated from the linear dispersion effect, such that the precursor fields can be stacked to achieve extremely high transient pulse. Another application in pulse manipulation is stimulated by the precursor generated from phase step-modulation, which may be applied to differential phase shifted key scheme. Communication in dense material is another possible application of precursor. Constructed from far off-resonance spectral components regardless of specific medium, precursor finds further advantage in communication under water.

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  1. Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Office: Room 4482, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Michael M. T. Loy

  2. Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Office: Room 4451, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Shengwang Du

  3. Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Dongchuan Road 500, Room 209, Shanghai, People’s Republic of china

    Jiefei Chen

  4. Frontier Research Laboratory, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Yongin-si, Republic of Korea

    Heejeong Jeong

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Chen, J., Jeong, H., Loy, M.M.T., Du, S. (2013). Discussion and Outlook. In: Optical Precursors. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-94-9_6

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