Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1861217 | Physics Letters A | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Here we demonstrate that photons launched into a specially designed metamaterial waveguide act as massive quasi-particles, which experience strong acceleration. Laser light propagating through such a waveguide may be used as a thermometer which would measure the Unruh temperature. Moreover, the metamaterial waveguide design may be approximated by a tapered optical waveguide.
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Authors
Igor I. Smolyaninov,