Optical black hole lasers

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/22/224009zbMATH Open1266.83109arXiv1209.4993OpenAlexW3097975517MaRDI QIDQ4920187FDOQ4920187

Marco Lamperti, Ulf Leonhardt, Tal Arane, D. Faccio

Publication date: 16 May 2013

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using numerical simulations we show how to realise an optical black hole laser, i.e. an amplifier formed by travelling refractive index perturbations arranged so as to trap light between a white and a black hole horizon. The simulations highlight the main features of these lasers: the growth inside the cavity of positive and negative frequency modes accompanied by a weaker emission of modes that occurs in periodic bursts corresponding to the cavity round trips of the trapped modes. We then highlight a new regime in which the trapped mode spectra broaden until the zero-frequency points on the dispersion curve are reached. Amplification at the horizon is highest for zero-frequencies, therefore leading to a strong modification of the structure of the trapped light. For sufficiently long propagation times, lasing ensues only at the zero-frequency modes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.4993

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zbMATH Keywords

black hole horizonsoptical black hole laser

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Black holes (83C57) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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