Gravitational redshift and deflection of slow light

被引：9

作者：

Dressel, J. ^{[1
]}

Rajeev, S. G. ^{[1
]}

Howell, J. C. ^{[1
]}

Jordan, A. N. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2009年 / 79卷 / 01期

关键词：

gravitational experiments; gravitational red shift; optical dispersion; ray tracing; refractive index; slow light; RELATIVITY THEORY; SPIN;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.79.013834

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We explore the nature of the classical propagation of light through media with strong frequency-dependent dispersion in the presence of a gravitational field. In the weak field limit, gravity causes a redshift of the optical frequency, which the slow-light medium converts into a spatially varying index of refraction. This results in the bending of a light ray in the medium. We further propose experimental techniques to amplify and detect the phenomenon using weak value measurements. Independent heuristic and rigorous derivations of this effect are given.

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