Acceleration-Induced Effects in Stimulated Light-Matter Interactions

We show that, in addition to the Unruh effect, there exist two new phenomena that are due to acceleration in the quantum theory of the light-matter interaction. The first is the phenomenon of acceleration-induced transparency which arises since acceleration impacts not only the counter-rotating terms in the light-matter interaction (the cause of the conventional Unruh effect) but also the rotating wave terms. The second new phenomenon is that the Unruh effect can be stimulated, a phenomenon that arises since not only rotatingwave terms can be stimulated (as in conventional stimulated emission) but also counter-rotating terms. The new phenomena are potentially strong enough to be experimentally observable.

Automated summary

In addition to the Unruh effect, acceleration can induce transparency and stimulated Unruh effect in the quantum theory of the light-matter interaction. These new phenomena have the potential to be observed experimentally.