Wave energy moving faster than the phase velocity of the wave in the medium becomes negative. Such a wave field can equally well be treated as an ensemble of quanta with negative energy. Amplification of waves by mode coupling is represented by pair creation of a negative quantum and a positive quantum. Interaction of an electron stream with a dissipative medium creates the negative quanta.
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