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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas Roger, Calum Maitland, Kali Wilson, Niclas Westerberg, David Vocke, Ewan M. Wright, Daniele Faccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13492