Metric Signature Transitions in Optical Metamaterials

Igor Smolyaninov, University of Maryland - College Park
Evgenii Narimanov, Purdue University

Date of this Version

8-2010

Citation

Metric Signature Transitions in Optical Metamaterials Igor I. Smolyaninov and Evgenii E. Narimanov Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 067402 – Published 2 August 2010

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Comments

This is the published version of Igor I. Smolyaninov and Evgenii E. Narimanov. (2 August 2010). Metric Signature Transitions in Optical Metamaterials. First published in the Physical Review Letters and is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.067402

Abstract

We demonstrate that the extraordinary waves in indefinite metamaterials experience an (- - + +) effective metric signature. During a metric signature change transition in such a metamaterial, a Minkowski space-time is created together with a large number of particles populating the space-time. Such metamaterial models provide a tabletop realization of metric signature change events suggested to occur in Bose-Einstein condensates and quantum gravity theories.

Discipline(s)

Engineering | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

 

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