| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R09534/01 |
| Title: |
Optical Black Holes. Theoretical Studies For Future Experiments |
| Principal Investigator: |
Leonhardt, Professor U |
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Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of St Andrews |
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Fast Stream |
| Starts: |
15 January 2001 |
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14 January 2003 |
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62,663
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| Light-Matter Interactions |
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We plan to explore theoretically various ideas in detail for creating laboratory-scale black holes. Five areas should be studied.1. A controlled launch of a cold-atom vortex in an atom trap. This could generate the flow required to trap light that comes closer than a critical distance to the cortex core (optical black hole).2. Many detailed issued of EIT in moving media need to be clarified before trying a serious experimental attempt - the influence of residual losses, the Doppler shift of the driving beam, and the finite width of the EIT resonance.3. An optical black hole should also show signs of Hawing radiation.4. Rotating solids will perhaps measurably radiate as well if EIT in solids could be achieved.5. Reversing the traditional role of light and matter, EIT-induced forces on cold atoms could be used to build novel atomic wave guides. In the long run they may even lead to black holes made of light.
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