Relativistic effects of light in moving media with extremely low group velocity

Authors
Leonhardt, U Piwnicki, P
Citation
U. Leonhardt et P. Piwnicki, Relativistic effects of light in moving media with extremely low group velocity, PHYS REV L, 84(5), 2000, pp. 822-825
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
84
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
822 - 825
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20000131)84:5<822:REOLIM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A moving dielectric medium acts as an effective gravitational field on ligh t. One can use media with extremely low group velocities [Lene Vestergaard Hau ct al., Nature (London) 397, 593(1999)] to create dielectric analogs of astronomical effects on Earth. In particular, a vortex flow imprints a lon g-ranging topological effect on incident light and can behave like an optic al black hole.