The influence of spacetime curvature on quantum emission in optical analogues to gravity

Maxime Jules Roland Jacquet; Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm Koenig

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.3.1.005

The influence of spacetime curvature on quantum emission in optical analogues to gravity

Maxime Jules Roland Jacquet, Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm Koenig

School of Physics and Astronomy

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

10 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Quantum fluctuations on curved spacetimes cause the emission of pairs of particles from the quantum vacuum, as in the Hawking effect from black holes. We use an optical analogue to gravity to investigate the influence of the curvature on quantum emission. Due to dispersion, the spacetime curvature varies with frequency here. We analytically calculate for all frequencies the particle flux, correlations and entanglement. We find that horizons increase the flux with a characteristic spectral shape. The photon number correlations transition from multi- to two-mode, with close to maximal entanglement. The quantum state is a diagnostic for the mode conversion in laboratory tests of quantum field theory on curved spacetimes.

Original language	English
Article number	005
Number of pages	15
Journal	SciPost Physics Core
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.3.1.005
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2020

Access to Document

10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.3.1.005Licence: CC BY

Jaccquet_2020_SPPC_InfluenceSpacetime_CC
Copyright M. J. Jacquet and F. König 2020. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Published by the SciPost Foundation.
Final published version, 677 KBLicence: CC BY

https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.05807

The influence of spacetime curvature on quantum emission in optical analogues to gravity [Dataset]
Koenig, F. E. W. (Creator) & Jacquet, M. J. R. (Contributor), University of St Andrews, 1 Oct 2020
DOI: 10.17630/cbf5b4f6-2c82-4eb5-9aaf-b596bf8090d8
Dataset

File

Cite this

@article{9d78046dfdb04bb4b5d78444be1a66a2,

title = "The influence of spacetime curvature on quantum emission in optical analogues to gravity",

abstract = "Quantum fluctuations on curved spacetimes cause the emission of pairs of particles from the quantum vacuum, as in the Hawking effect from black holes. We use an optical analogue to gravity to investigate the influence of the curvature on quantum emission. Due to dispersion, the spacetime curvature varies with frequency here. We analytically calculate for all frequencies the particle flux, correlations and entanglement. We find that horizons increase the flux with a characteristic spectral shape. The photon number correlations transition from multi- to two-mode, with close to maximal entanglement. The quantum state is a diagnostic for the mode conversion in laboratory tests of quantum field theory on curved spacetimes.",

author = "Jacquet, {Maxime Jules Roland} and Koenig, {Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm}",

note = "Funding information This work was funded by the EPSRC via Grant No. EP/L505079/1 and the IMPP.",

year = "2020",

month = sep,

day = "30",

doi = "10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.3.1.005",

language = "English",

volume = "3",

journal = "SciPost Physics Core",

issn = "2666-9366",

publisher = "Institute of Economic Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The influence of spacetime curvature on quantum emission in optical analogues to gravity

AU - Jacquet, Maxime Jules Roland

AU - Koenig, Friedrich Ernst Wilhelm

N1 - Funding information This work was funded by the EPSRC via Grant No. EP/L505079/1 and the IMPP.

PY - 2020/9/30

Y1 - 2020/9/30

N2 - Quantum fluctuations on curved spacetimes cause the emission of pairs of particles from the quantum vacuum, as in the Hawking effect from black holes. We use an optical analogue to gravity to investigate the influence of the curvature on quantum emission. Due to dispersion, the spacetime curvature varies with frequency here. We analytically calculate for all frequencies the particle flux, correlations and entanglement. We find that horizons increase the flux with a characteristic spectral shape. The photon number correlations transition from multi- to two-mode, with close to maximal entanglement. The quantum state is a diagnostic for the mode conversion in laboratory tests of quantum field theory on curved spacetimes.

AB - Quantum fluctuations on curved spacetimes cause the emission of pairs of particles from the quantum vacuum, as in the Hawking effect from black holes. We use an optical analogue to gravity to investigate the influence of the curvature on quantum emission. Due to dispersion, the spacetime curvature varies with frequency here. We analytically calculate for all frequencies the particle flux, correlations and entanglement. We find that horizons increase the flux with a characteristic spectral shape. The photon number correlations transition from multi- to two-mode, with close to maximal entanglement. The quantum state is a diagnostic for the mode conversion in laboratory tests of quantum field theory on curved spacetimes.

U2 - 10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.3.1.005

DO - 10.21468/SciPostPhysCore.3.1.005

M3 - Article

SN - 2666-9366

VL - 3

JO - SciPost Physics Core

JF - SciPost Physics Core

IS - 1

M1 - 005

ER -

The influence of spacetime curvature on quantum emission in optical analogues to gravity

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Datasets

The influence of spacetime curvature on quantum emission in optical analogues to gravity [Dataset]

Cite this