Experimental observation of effective gravity and two times physics in ferrofluid-based hyperbolic metamaterials
arXiv:2003.01564 · doi:10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056001
Abstract
Recently it was proposed that extraordinary light waves in hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit two times physics behavior (Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 067402, 2010). We report experimental observation of this effect via investigation of gravity-like nonlinear optics of iron/cobalt-based ferrofluid hyperbolic metamaterials. In addition to conventional temporal coordinate, the spatial coordinate oriented along the optical axis of the metamaterial also exhibits timelike character, which leads to very unusual two times physics behavior in these systems.
arXiv comment23 pages, 4 figures, this version is accepted for publication in Advanced Photonics
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