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Air conditioning for photons

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posted on 2023-11-03, 06:31 authored by John Pendry
A simple time dependent system is solved analytically taking the form of a moving step-up or step-down in refractive index. We demonstrate that step motion, by a process of compression or expansion, adds or subtracts energy from radiation passing through, so heating or cooling the photons.

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