Group delay of electromagnetic pulses through multilayer dielectric mirrors combined with gravitational wave

Group delay of electromagnetic pulses through multilayer dielectric mirrors (MDM) combined with gravitational wave (GW) is investigated. Unlike in traditional quantum tunneling, the group delay of a transmitted wave packet irradiated by a GW increases linearly with MDM length. This peculiar tunneling effect can be attributed to electromagnetic wave leakage in a time-dependent photonic bandgap caused by the GW. In particular, we find that the group delay of the tunneling photons is sensitive to GW. Our study provides insight into the nature of the quantum tunnelling as well as a novel process by which to detect the GW.