Refractive index perturbations -- Unruh effect, Hawking radiation or dynamical Casimir effect?

2011/10/27 by Ralf Schützhold, Schützhold, Ralf · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Advanced Differential Geometry Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1110.6064

Abstract

Motivated by recent experimental progress to manipulate the refractive index of dielectric materials by strong laser beams, we study some aspects of the quantum radiation created by such refractive index perturbations.

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