Abstract
In transformation optics, ideas from general relativity have been put to practical use for engineering problems. This article asks the question how this debt can be repaid. In discussing a series of recent laboratory experiments, it shows how insights from wave phenomena shed light on the quantum physics of the event horizon.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 20140354 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences |
| Volume | 373 |
| Issue number | 2049 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Aug 2015 |
Funding
I am grateful for the discussions with my students and postdocs at the Weizmann Institute: David Bermudez, Jonathan Drori, Itay Griniasty, Alex Kogan, Shamir Rosen, Yuval Rosenberg and Efi Shahmoon. This paper has been supported by the European Research Council, the Israeli Science Foundation, and a research grant from Mr and Mrs Louis Rosenmayer and from Mr and Mrs James Nathan.