Unruh effect in a waveguide
光学
2009-11-11 v5
摘要
Here we demonstrate that photons launched into a specially designed metamaterial waveguide act as massive quasi-particles, which experience strong acceleration. Laser light propagating through such a waveguide may be used as a thermometer which would measure the Unruh temperature. Moreover, the metamaterial waveguide design may be approximated by a tapered optical waveguide.
引用
@article{arxiv.physics/0606072,
title = {Unruh effect in a waveguide},
author = {Igor I. Smolyaninov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0606072},
year = {2009}
}
备注
12 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in Physics Letters A