Quantum vacuum emission from a moving refractive index front

M. Jacquet; F. König

doi:10.1117/12.2187987

1 September 2015 Quantum vacuum emission from a moving refractive index front

M. Jacquet, F. König

Proceedings Volume 9615, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIII; 96150G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187987
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We investigate the spontaneous emission of light from the quantum vacuum in a dispersive dielectric at a moving Refractive Index Front (RIF). Our aim is to develop further an existing analytical model to fully characterize the emission and calculate its spectrum in different configurations. We show in which conditions the RIF acts as a point of non-return, an artificial black hole event horizon, for modes of the field. We calculate the spectrum of this emission and the number of photons emitted from the vacuum in the unique escaping mode as a function of the RIF height and velocity in the medium.

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M. Jacquet and F. König "Quantum vacuum emission from a moving refractive index front", Proc. SPIE 9615, Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XIII, 96150G (1 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2187987

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