Polarization and image rotation induced by a rotating dielectric rod: an optical angular momentum interpretation
Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 14, pp. 2205-2207 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.002205
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Abstract
When light is transmitted along the axis of a rotating glass rod, the polarization of the light is rotated through a small angle [ Proc. R. Soc. London, Ser. A 349, 423 (1976)] . Under the same conditions, we predict a rotation of the transmitted image by exactly the same angle. The treatment of the two effects in terms of light’s spin and orbital angular momentum suggests that they share a common origin.
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OCIS Codes
(230.2240) Optical devices : Faraday effect
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: March 6, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: April 6, 2006
Citation
Miles Padgett, Graeme Whyte, John Girkin, Amanda Wright, Les Allen, Patrik Öhberg, and Stephen M. Barnett, "Polarization and image rotation induced by a rotating dielectric rod: an optical angular momentum interpretation," Opt. Lett. 31, 2205-2207 (2006)
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