Relativistic effects of light in moving media with extremely low group velocity

被引：245

作者：

Leonhardt, U

Piwnicki, P

机构：

[1] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Phys, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden

[2] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2000年 / 84卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.822

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A moving dielectric medium acts as an effective gravitational field on light. One can use media with extremely low group velocities [Lene Vestergaard Hau ct al., Nature (London) 397, 593(1999)] to create dielectric analogs of astronomical effects on Earth. In particular, a vortex flow imprints a long-ranging topological effect on incident light and can behave like an optical black hole.

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