Weakly gravitating isotropic waveguides

Author(s)
Robert Beig, Piotr T. Chruściel, Christopher Hilweg, Philipp Kornreich, Philip Walther
Abstract

We analyse the effect of post-Newtonian gravitational fields on propagation of light in a cylindrical waveguide in both a straight configuration and a spool configuration. We derive an equation for the dependence of the wave vector upon the vertical location of the waveguide. It is shown that the gravitational field produces a small shift in the wave vector, which we determine, while the spooling creates additional modes which could perhaps be measurable in future accurate experiments.

Organisation(s)
Gravitational Physics, Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
External organisation(s)
Syracuse University
Journal
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume
35
No. of pages
32
ISSN
0264-9381
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aae873
Publication date
11-2018
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103028 Theory of relativity
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/weakly-gravitating-isotropic-waveguides(6f5413a7-9117-4c20-98fd-8ab2e3bcaebd).html