TY - JOUR
T1 - Theory of a slow-light catastrophe
AU - Leonhardt, Ulf
PY - 2002/4
Y1 - 2002/4
N2 - In diffraction catastrophes such as the rainbow, the wave nature of light resolves ray singularities and draws delicate interference patterns. In quantum catastrophes such as the black hole, the quantum nature of light resolves wave singularities and creates characteristic quantum effects related to Hawking radiation. This paper describes the theory behind a recent proposal [U. Leonhardt, Nature (London) 415, 406 (2002)] to generate a quantum catastrophe of slow light.
AB - In diffraction catastrophes such as the rainbow, the wave nature of light resolves ray singularities and draws delicate interference patterns. In quantum catastrophes such as the black hole, the quantum nature of light resolves wave singularities and creates characteristic quantum effects related to Hawking radiation. This paper describes the theory behind a recent proposal [U. Leonhardt, Nature (London) 415, 406 (2002)] to generate a quantum catastrophe of slow light.
KW - ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY
KW - BLACK-HOLE EVAPORATION
KW - GROUP-VELOCITY
KW - QUANTUM STATISTICS
KW - HAWKING RADIATION
KW - SONIC ANALOG
KW - ATOMIC GAS
KW - FREQUENCIES
KW - HORIZONS
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UR - http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.65.043818
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.043818
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.043818
M3 - Article
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 65
JO - Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
JF - Physical Review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
IS - 4
M1 - 043818
ER -