Transformation optics that mimics the system outside a Schwarzschild black hole

Huanyang Chen; Rong-Xin Miao; Miao Li

doi:10.1364/OE.18.015183

Transformation optics that mimics the system outside a Schwarzschild black hole

Opt Express. 2010 Jul 5;18(14):15183-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.015183.

Authors

Huanyang Chen¹, Rong-Xin Miao, Miao Li

Affiliation

¹ School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China. kenyon@ust.hk

PMID: 20640003
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015183

Abstract

We applied the transformation optics to mimic a black hole of Schwarzschild form. Similar properties of photon sphere were also found numerically for the metamaterial black hole. Several reduced versions of the black hole systems were proposed for easier implementations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't