DOI: 10.1126/science.1153625. Fiber-Optical Analog of the Event Horizon

Fiber-Optical Analog of the Event Horizon

10.1126/science.1153625

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

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.

Bibliography

Philbin, T. G., Kuklewicz, C., Robertson, S., Hill, S., KoÌnig, F., & Leonhardt, U. (2008). Fiber-Optical Analog of the Event Horizon. Science, 319(5868), 1367â1370.

Authors 6

Thomas G. Philbin (first)
Chris Kuklewicz (additional)
Scott Robertson (additional)
Stephen Hill (additional)
Friedrich König (additional)
Ulf Leonhardt (additional)

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We are indebted to G. Agrawal M. Dunn T. Hänsch A. Miller R. Parentani and W. Sibbett for discussions and technical support. We thank A. Podlipensky and P. Russell for measuring the dispersion of our fiber. Our work was supported by the Leverhulme Trust Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Continuous Variable Quantum Information with Atoms and Light the Ultrafast Photonics Facility at St Andrews and Leonhardt Group Aue.

Dates

Type	When
Created	17 years, 5 months ago (March 6, 2008, 5:10 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2024, 5:06 a.m.)
Indexed	1 week ago (Aug. 26, 2025, 2:38 a.m.)
Issued	17 years, 5 months ago (March 7, 2008)
Published	17 years, 5 months ago (March 7, 2008)
Published Print	17 years, 5 months ago (March 7, 2008)

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BibTeX

@article{Philbin_2008, title={Fiber-Optical Analog of the Event Horizon}, volume={319}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1153625}, DOI={10.1126/science.1153625}, number={5868}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Philbin, Thomas G. and Kuklewicz, Chris and Robertson, Scott and Hill, Stephen and König, Friedrich and Leonhardt, Ulf}, year={2008}, month=mar, pages={1367–1370} }

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