Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials

Structures that appear to move at or near the velocity of light contain singular points. Energy generated by motion accumulates at these points into ever-narrowing peaks. In this paper, we show that energy is generated by a curious process that conserves the number of photons, adding energy by forci...

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Autores: Pendry, J. B., Galiffi, E., Arroyo Huidobro, Paloma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Black holes
Electrodynamics
Photon
Metamaterials
Física
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spelling Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterialsPendry, J. B.Galiffi, E.Arroyo Huidobro, PalomaBlack holesElectrodynamicsPhotonMetamaterialsFísicaStructures that appear to move at or near the velocity of light contain singular points. Energy generated by motion accumulates at these points into ever-narrowing peaks. In this paper, we show that energy is generated by a curious process that conserves the number of photons, adding energy by forcing photons already present to climb a ladder of increasing frequency. We present both a classical proof based on conservation of lines of force, and a more formal quantum electrodynamics proof demonstrating the absence of unpaired creation and annihilation operators. Exceptions to this rule are found when negative frequencies make an appearance. Finally, we make a connection to laboratory-based models of black holes and Hawking radiationFundação para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (CEECIND/02947/2020, UIDB/50008/2020); Simons Foundation (855344); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (N/A); Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesOptica Publishing GroupDepartamento de Física Teórica de la Materia CondensadaFacultad de Ciencias20222022-06-29research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/714174https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.462488reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7141742026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
title Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
spellingShingle Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
Pendry, J. B.
Black holes
Electrodynamics
Photon
Metamaterials
Física
title_short Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
title_full Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
title_fullStr Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
title_full_unstemmed Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
title_sort Photon conservation in trans-luminal metamaterials
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pendry, J. B.
Galiffi, E.
Arroyo Huidobro, Paloma
author Pendry, J. B.
author_facet Pendry, J. B.
Galiffi, E.
Arroyo Huidobro, Paloma
author_role author
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Arroyo Huidobro, Paloma
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Física Teórica de la Materia Condensada
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Black holes
Electrodynamics
Photon
Metamaterials
Física
topic Black holes
Electrodynamics
Photon
Metamaterials
Física
description Structures that appear to move at or near the velocity of light contain singular points. Energy generated by motion accumulates at these points into ever-narrowing peaks. In this paper, we show that energy is generated by a curious process that conserves the number of photons, adding energy by forcing photons already present to climb a ladder of increasing frequency. We present both a classical proof based on conservation of lines of force, and a more formal quantum electrodynamics proof demonstrating the absence of unpaired creation and annihilation operators. Exceptions to this rule are found when negative frequencies make an appearance. Finally, we make a connection to laboratory-based models of black holes and Hawking radiation
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