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.
Keywords
RANGE; LIGHT
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.067402
Citation
Metric Signature Transitions in Optical Metamaterials Igor I. Smolyaninov and Evgenii E. Narimanov Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 067402 – Published 2 August 2010
Date of this Version
8-2010
Recommended Citation
Smolyaninov, Igor and Narimanov, Evgenii, "Metric Signature Transitions in Optical Metamaterials" (2010). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 703.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.067402
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