Fresnel drag in uniformly moving media
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 9 (1) , 565-567
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.9.565
Abstract
A general first-order formula is derived for the Fresnel-drag effect in a uniformly moving medium with a plane surface. The two classical equations due to Lorentz and Laub are shown to be special cases corresponding to different experimental arrangements. The recent experiment of Bilger and Zavodny on Fresnel drag in a ring laser is discussed.Keywords
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