arXiv · 1806.00023
Proposal for an analog Schwarzschild black hole in condensates of light
Abstract
By etching a hole in the mirrors or by placing a scatterer in the center of a cavity, we can create a sink for light. In a Bose-Einstein condensate of photons this sink results in the creation of a so-called radial vortex, which is a two-dimensional analogue of a Schwarzschild black hole. We theoretically investigate the Hawking radiation and the associated greybody factor of this Schwarzschild black hole. In particular, we determine the density-density and velocity-velocity correlation functions of the Hawking radiation, which can be measured by observing the spatial correlations in the fluctuations in the light emitted by the cavity.
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L. Liao, E. C. I. van der Wurff, D. van Oosten, H. T. C. Stoof. 2019-03-26. Proposal for an analog Schwarzschild black hole in condensates of light. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.99.023850
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