Aether drag and moving images

J. Leach; A.J. Wright; J.B. Götte; J.M. Girkin; L. Allen; S. Franke-Arnold; S.M. Barnett; M.J. Padgett

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.153902

Aether drag and moving images

J. Leach, A.J. Wright, J.B. Götte, J.M. Girkin, L. Allen, S. Franke-Arnold, S.M. Barnett, M.J. Padgett

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Abstract

We contrast the two situations in which either a light beam is incident on a moving medium or a moving optical image is incident on a stationary medium. The principle of relativity suggests that the effects on the light of propagating through the medium should be similar. We find, however, that there are subtle differences which we can understand in terms of the relative alignment of the Poynting and wave vectors. Our analysis and experiments investigate both translational motion and rotation.

Original language	English
Article number	153902
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	100
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.153902
Publication status	Published - 18 Apr 2008

Keywords

Aether drag
moving images
optical image
translational motion

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Leach, J., Wright, A. J., Götte, J. B., Girkin, J. M., Allen, L., Franke-Arnold, S., Barnett, S. M., & Padgett, M. J. (2008). Aether drag and moving images. Physical Review Letters, 100(15), [153902]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.153902

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