Speaker
Dr
Quentin Glorieux
Description
During this presentation I will introduce the basics of warm rubidium vapors for generating a fluid of light. Using the analogy between the non-linear Schrodinger equation and the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, I will answer the question about “Can we observe superfluidity with light ?”
I will also discuss recent non-linear and quantum optics experiments through the perspective of hydrodynamics and I will show what are the surprising consequences of this approach (shock formation, vortex generation...)
Finally, I will open the discussion about the possibility to observe analogue gravity physics in a fluid of light.