Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Optical analogues of the Newton–Schrödinger equation and boson star evolution

  • Thomas Roger,
  • Calum Maitland,
  • Kali Wilson,
  • Niclas Westerberg,
  • David Vocke,
  • Ewan M. Wright,
  • Daniele Faccio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13492
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In the weak field limit, boson star evolution is governed by the Newton-Schrödinger equation. Here the authors report an optical setup that provides a formal analogue of such dynamics via the interaction between vortex beams and a medium with positive thermo-optical nonlinearity.