optical black hole en · NOUN
Meanings
- A phenomenon in which slow light is passed through a Bose-Einstein condensate that is itself spinning faster than the local speed of light within to create a vortex capable of trapping the light behind an event horizon, just as a gravitational black hole would.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| optical black holes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |