Polarization and image rotation induced by a rotating dielectric rod: an optical angular momentum interpretation.
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. A349, 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.
Padgett
Miles
M
Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUPA, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Whyte
Graeme
G
Girkin
John
J
Wright
Amanda
A
Allen
Les
L
Ohberg
Patrik
P
Barnett
Stephen M
SM