TY - JOUR
T1 - All-optical event horizon in an optical analog of a Laval nozzle
AU - Elazar, M.
AU - Fleurov, V.
AU - Bar-Ad, S.
PY - 2012/12/18
Y1 - 2012/12/18
N2 - Exploiting the fact that light propagation in defocusing nonlinear media can mimic the transonic flow of an equivalent fluid, we demonstrate experimentally the formation of an all-optical event horizon in a waveguide structure akin to a hydrodynamic Laval nozzle. The analog event horizon which forms at the nozzle throat is suggested as a platform for analogous gravity experiments.
AB - Exploiting the fact that light propagation in defocusing nonlinear media can mimic the transonic flow of an equivalent fluid, we demonstrate experimentally the formation of an all-optical event horizon in a waveguide structure akin to a hydrodynamic Laval nozzle. The analog event horizon which forms at the nozzle throat is suggested as a platform for analogous gravity experiments.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84871298995&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.063821
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.063821
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AN - SCOPUS:84871298995
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 86
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 6
M1 - 063821
ER -