Duality Between Spatial and Angular Shift in Optical Reflection
Optics
2015-05-14 v1 General Physics
Abstract
We report a unified representation of the spatial and angular Goos-Hanchen and Imbert-Fedorov shifts that occur when a light beam reflects from a plane interface. We thus reveal the dual nature of spatial and angular shifts in optical beam reflection. In the Goos-Hanchen case we show theoretically and experimentally that this unification naturally arises in the context of reflection from a lossy surface (e.g., a metal).
Cite
@article{arxiv.0911.4691,
title = {Duality Between Spatial and Angular Shift in Optical Reflection},
author = {A. Aiello and M. Merano and J. P. Woerdman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.4691},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures