CLEO®/Europe-EQEC 2021 Penrose wave amplification in superfluids of light

Maria Chiara Braidotti, Radivoje Prizia, Ewan M. Wright, Daniele Faccio

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Abstract

The amplification of waves in the scattering with rotating black holes is a fundamental process in gravitational physics. It was introduced by Roger Penrose in 1969 as a way to extract energy from these astrophysical objects [1]. Soon after Penrose proposal, in 1971 Zel'dovich predicted a similar superradiant amplification for electromagnetic waves scattered by a metallic rotating cylinder [2]. In Zel'dovich proposal, waves get amplified if their angular frequency ω satisfies the condition ω < m Ω, where m is the waves topological charge and Ω is the cylinder angular velocity. Despite this amplification process is ubiquitous in wave scattering physics, and not limited to electromagnetic waves and astrophysics only, direct measurements are limited to an experiment with waves in a water vortex in a draining bathtub experiment [3]. The related, but not identical, Zel'dovich amplification has been observed for acoustic waves [4].

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665418768
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021
Event2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 - Munich, Germany
Duration: Jun 21 2021Jun 25 2021

Publication series

Name2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021

Conference

Conference2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period6/21/216/25/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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