Title :
The cosmological redshift inside the transformation-optical analogue of the Robertson-Walker metric
Author :
Ginis, Vincent ; Tassin, Philippe ; Craps, Ben ; Veretennicoff, Irina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys. & Photonics, Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
We apply transformation optics to the Robertson-Walker metric and retrieve an analogue of the cosmological redshift. This linear time-dependent medium perfectly converts the frequency of wavepackets without the creation of sidebands.
Keywords :
cosmology; optical frequency conversion; red shift; Robertson-Walker metric; cosmological redshift; linear time-dependent medium; transformation optics; transformation-optical analogue; wavepackets frequency; Amplitude modulation; Electromagnetics; Optical frequency conversion; Optics; Time frequency analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
