Fiber-optical analogue of the event horizon

Simple item page
dc.creatorPhilbin, Thomas G.
dc.creatorKuklewicz, Chris
dc.creatorRobertson, Scott
dc.creatorHill, Stephen
dc.creatorKonig, Friedrich
dc.creatorLeonhardt, Ulf
dc.date2007-11-29
dc.date2008-02-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:39:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:39:01Z
dc.descriptionThe physics at the event horizon resembles the behavior of waves in moving media. Horizons are formed where the local speed of the medium exceeds the wave velocity. We use ultrashort pulses in microstructured optical fibers to demonstrate the formation of an artificial event horizon in optics. We observed a classical optical effect, the blue-shifting of light at a white-hole horizon. We also show by theoretical calculations that such a system is capable of probing the quantum effects of horizons, in particular Hawking radiation.
dc.descriptionMEDIA EMBARGO. This paper is subject to the media embargo of Science
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4796
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4796
dc.identifierScience319:1367-1370,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1126/science.1153625
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199773
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleFiber-optical analogue of the event horizon
dc.typetext

Files

Collections

arXiv