Spacetime geometries and light trapping in travelling refractive index perturbations

作者:Cacciatori S L*; Belgiorno F; Gorini V; Ortenzi G; Rizzi L; Sala V G; Faccio D
来源:New Journal of Physics, 2010, 12(9): 095021.
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/12/9/095021

摘要

In the framework of transformation optics, we show that the propagation of a locally superluminal refractive index perturbation (RIP) in a Kerr medium can be described, in the eikonal approximation, by means of a stationary metric, which we prove to be of Gordon type. Under suitable hypotheses on the RIP, we obtain a stationary but not static metric, which is characterized by an ergosphere and by a peculiar behaviour of the geodesics, which are studied numerically, also accounting for material dispersion. Finally, the equation to be satisfied by an event horizon is also displayed and briefly discussed.

  • 出版日期2010-9-30