Fiber-optical analog of the event horizon

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Philbin, Thomas G. [1 ,2 ]
Kuklewicz, Chris [1 ]
Robertson, Scott [1 ]
Hill, Stephen [1 ]
Konig, Friedrich [1 ]
Leonhardt, Ulf [1 ]
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[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[2] Max Planck Res Grp Opt Informat & Photon, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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10.1126/science.1153625
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The physics at the event horizon resembles the behavior of waves in moving media. Horizons are formed where the local speed of the medium exceeds the wave velocity. We used ultrashort pulses in microstructured optical fibers to demonstrate the formation of an artificial event horizon in optics. We observed a classical optical effect : the blue-shifting of light at a white-hole horizon. We also showed by theoretical calculations that such a system is capable of probing the quantum effects of horizons, in particular Hawking radiation.
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