Fresnel drag of light by a moving nonlinear and nanostructured dielectric medium

Journal Article · Sat Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.76.064101· OSTI ID:21140717

Peiponen, Kai-Erik; Gornov, Evgeny ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu (Finland)

The Fresnel drag is viewed in the frame of nonlinear and/or nanostructured uniformly moving media. It is shown that in the case of intense light pulse interaction with an optically nonlinear medium the relativistic frequency chirp due to self-phase modulation is smaller than in the rest frame. In the case of light interaction with optically linear or nonlinear nanostructured medium the Fresnel drag depends on the effective refractive index of the medium. While the nanostructures are in a liquid matrix the drag can be controlled by the fill fraction of the inclusions. As an example the Fresnel drag for optically linear Bruggeman liquid is considered.

• OSTI ID: 21140717
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 76; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ACCELERATION
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
INCLUSIONS
INTERACTIONS
LIQUIDS
MATRICES
MODULATION
NANOSTRUCTURES
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PULSES
REFRACTIVE INDEX
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
VISIBLE RADIATION