Title :
Hyperbolic metamaterial interfaces: Hawking radiation from rindler horizons and the “end of time”
Author :
Smolyaninov, I.I. ; Hwang, E. ; Narimanov, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Extraordinary rays in a hyperbolic metamaterial behave as particle world lines in a three dimensional (2+1) Minkowski spacetime. We analyze electromagnetic field behavior at the boundaries of this effective spacetime depending on the boundary orientation.
Keywords :
metamaterials; micro-optics; boundary orientation; electromagnetic field behavior; end of time; hawking radiation; hyperbolic metamaterial interfaces; particle world lines; rindler horizons; three dimensional Minkowski spacetime; Computers; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic fields; Measurement; Metamaterials; Optical polarization; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
