2019/01/30 by S. H. Hendi, Hendi, S. H., Z. S. Taghadomi +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Relativity and Gravitational Theory
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1902.02170
openalex publication_date 2019/01/30 · openalex created_date 2019/02/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Motivated by investigation of black hole properties in the lab, some interesting subjects such as analogue gravity and transformation optics are generated. In this paper, we look for the analogies between the geometry of a gravitating system and the optical medium. In addition, we recognize that appropriate metamaterials can be used to mimic the propagation of light in the curved spacetimes and behave like black holes. The resemblance of metamaterials with Kerr and Reissner-Nordström spacetimes is studied. At last, we compare the full-wave numerical calculation of light with its optical limit of geometry.