Ginzburg effect in a dielectric medium with dispersion and dissipation
Ginzburg effect in a dielectric medium with dispersion and dissipation
As a quantum analog of Cherenkov radiation, an inertial photon detector moving through a medium with constant refractive index $n$ may perceive the electromagnetic quantum fluctuations as real photons if its velocity $v$ exceeds the medium speed of light $c/n$. For dispersive Hopfield-type media, we find this Ginzburg effect to …