Frequency converter implementing an optical analogue of the cosmological redshift.
Opt Express
; 18(5): 5350-5, 2010 Mar 01.
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| ID: mdl-20389549
ABSTRACT
According to general relativity, the frequency of electromagnetic radiation is altered by the expansion of the universe. This effect-commonly referred to as the cosmological redshift--is of utmost importance for observations in cosmology. Here we show that this redshift can be reproduced on a much smaller scale using an optical analogue inside a dielectric metamaterial with time-dependent material parameters. To this aim, we apply the framework of transformation optics to the Robertson-Walker metric. We demonstrate theoretically how perfect redshifting or blueshifting of an electromagnetic wave can be achieved without the creation of sidebands with a device of finite length.
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OFTALMOLOGIA
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2010
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