Fiber-optical analog of the event horizon

Thomas Gerard Philbin; Christopher Edward Kuklewicz; Scott James Robertson; Stephen Matthew Hill; Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm Koenig; Ulf Leonhardt

doi:10.1126/science.1153625

Fiber-optical analog of the event horizon

Thomas Gerard Philbin, Christopher Edward Kuklewicz, Scott James Robertson, Stephen Matthew Hill, Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm Koenig, Ulf Leonhardt

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

The 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 used 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 showed by theoretical calculations that such a system is capable of probing the quantum effects of horizons, in particular Hawking radiation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1367-1370
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	319
Issue number	5868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1153625
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2008

Keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS
BLACK-HOLE EVAPORATION
QUANTUM PHYSICS
LIGHT

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