On the dragging of light by a rotating medium

被引：36
作者：
Gotte, Jorg B.
Barnett, Stephen M.
Padgett, Miles
机构：
[1] Univ Strathclyde, SUPA, Dept Phys, Glasgow G4 0NG, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Univ Glasgow, SUPA, Dept Phys & Astron, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
来源：
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 2007年 / 463卷 / 2085期
关键词：
image rotation; polarization; rotating dielectric; specific rotary power;
D O I：
10.1098/rspa.2007.1871
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
When light is passing through a rotating medium the optical polarization is rotated. Recently, it has been reasoned that this rotation applies also to the transmitted image. We examine these two phenomena by extending an analysis of Player ( Player 1976 Proc. R. Soc. A 349, 441 445) to general electromagnetic fields. We. nd that in this more general case, the wave equation inside the rotating medium has to be amended by a term which is connected to the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of the light. We show that optical spin and OAM account for the rotation of the polarization and the rotation of the transmitted image, respectively.
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页码：2185 / 2194
页数：10
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