Chen, H., Tao, S., Bělín, J. , Courtial, J. and Miao, R.-X. (2020) Transformation cosmology. Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 102(2), 023528. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.023528)
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Abstract
Recent observation of black hole and gravitational wave has stirred up great interest of Einstein’s general relativity. In optical system, the “optical black hole” has also been a key topic in mimicking black holes. Another good way to study or mimic general relativity effects is based on transformation optics. In this paper, we propose a way by utilizing transformation optics theory to directly obtain the equivalent isotropic refractive index profiles which are the analogies of some static spaces of general relativity, such as de Sitter space, Anti de Sitter space, and Schwarzschild black hole. We find that, the analogue of de Sitter space is the Poincaré disk, while Anti de Sitter space is equivalent to Maxwell’s fish eye lens. In particular, we prove that the “optical black hole” actually has infinite number of photon spheres, while our black hole only has a single one, which is closer to the real black hole. We study the effect from both geometric optics and wave optics. It can also be generalized to mimic any kind of metrics. Furthermore, with the isotropic refractivity index profile, we visualize the gravitational lensing effect of black hole from our software TIM. The image not only recovers the donut-liked halo of black hole, but also shows other phenomena.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Courtial, Dr Johannes and Belin, Mr Jakub |
| Authors: | Chen, H., Tao, S., Bělín, J., Courtial, J., and Miao, R.-X. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| ISSN: | 1050-2947 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1094-1622 |
| Published Online: | 24 August 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 American Physical Society |
| First Published: | First published in Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 102(2):023528 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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