Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Optical Aharonov-Bohm effect due to toroidal moment inspired by general relativity |
| Authors: |
Besharat, A., Miri, M., Nouri-Zonoz, M. |
| Source: |
J. Phys. Commun. 3 (2019) 115019 |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| Subject Terms: |
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| More Details: |
We study the analogy between propagation of light rays in a stationary curved spacetime and in a toroidal (meta-)material. After introducing a novel gravitational analog of the index of refraction of a magneto-electric medium, it is argued that light rays not only feel a Lorentz-like force in a magneto-electric medium due to the non-vanishing curl of the toroidal moment, but also there exists an optical analog of Aharonov-Bohm effect for the rays traveling in a region with a curl-free toroidal moment. Experimental realization of this effect could utilize either a multiferroic material or a toroidal metamaterial.
Comment: 18 pages, Replaced with the published version |
| Document Type: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.1088/2399-6528/ab582a |
| Access URL: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/1904.00270 |
| Accession Number: |
edsarx.1904.00270 |
| Database: |
arXiv |
