A NEW EFFECT RELATED TO TOTAL REFLECTION
1970 年 39 巻 10 号 p. 938-942
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1970 年 39 巻 10 号 p. 938-942
It is of great theoretical importance to know whether the momentum and the energy flow of photons can be non collinear. Christian Imbert has located an example in the case of total reflection : in circular polarized light the plane of reflection no longer coincides with the plane of incidence: in addition to the well known Goos Hanchen effect (longitudinal shift) a lateral shift of the plane of reflection can be predicted and has been shown experimentally the flow of energy produced by evanescent waves in the less reflective medium has a component perpendicular to the incidence plane; the sign of this component depends upon sign of rotation of the polarized light.
