Analog time machine in a photonic system

D. D. Solnyshkov and G. Malpuech
Phys. Rev. B 103, 054303 – Published 10 February 2021

Abstract

Analog physics has successfully tackled the problems of gauge theories, event horizons, Big Bang and Universe expansion, and many others. Here, we suggest a photonic model system for a “time machine” based on the paraxial beam approximation. We demonstrate how the closed timelike curves and the well-known grandfather paradox can be studied experimentally in this system. We show how Novikov's self-consistency principle is realized in quantum mechanics owing to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

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  • Received 20 November 2020
  • Revised 25 January 2021
  • Accepted 26 January 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.054303

©2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Atomic, Molecular & OpticalGeneral PhysicsCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

D. D. Solnyshkov1,2 and G. Malpuech1

  • 1Institut Pascal, PHOTON-N2, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, SIGMA Clermont, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • 2Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), F-75231 Paris, France

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Vol. 103, Iss. 5 — 1 February 2021

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