Optics of Moving Media

P Piwnicki, Ulf Leonhardt

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Abstract

Light experiences a moving medium as an effective gravitational field. In the limit of low medium velocities the medium flow plays the role of a magnetic vector potential. We review the background of our theory [U. Leonhardt and P. Piwnicki, Phys. Rev. A 60, 4301 (1999); Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 822 (2000)], including our proposal of making optical black holes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-59
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume72
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2001

Keywords

  • ATOMIC GAS

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