posted on 2023-01-10, 02:46authored byAmir Bahrami, Zoé-Lise Deck-Léger, Christophe Caloz
Space-time varying metamaterials based on uniform-velocity modulation have spurred considerable interest over the past decade. We present here the first extensive investigation of accelerated modulation space-time metamaterials. Using the tools of general relativity, we establish their electrodynamic principles and describe their fundamental phenomena, in comparison with the physics of moving-matter media. We show that an electromagnetic beam propagating in an accelerated modulation metamaterial is bent in its course, which reveals that such a medium curves space-time for light, similarly to gravitation. Finally, we illustrate the vast potential diversity of accelerated modulation metamaterial by demonstrating related Schwarzschild holes.
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