Analogue Hawking Radiation in a dc-SQUID Array Transmission Line
Quantum Physics
2009-08-23 v2 Superconductivity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We propose the use of a superconducting waveguide formed from an array of dc-SQUID's for investigating analogue Hawking radiation. Biasing the array with a space-time varying flux modifies the propagation velocity of the waveguide, leading to an effective metric with an horizon. Being a fundamentally quantum mechanical device, this setup allows for investigations of quantum effects such as back-reaction and analogue space-time fluctuations on the Hawking process.
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@article{arxiv.0904.2589,
title = {Analogue Hawking Radiation in a dc-SQUID Array Transmission Line},
author = {P. D. Nation and M. P. Blencowe and A. J. Rimberg and E. Buks},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2589},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures