Duality between spatial and angular shift in optical reflection

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.80.061801· OSTI ID:21356173

Aiello, A ^[1]; Merano, M; Woerdman, J P ^[2]

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1. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Guenter-Scharowsky-Strasse 1/Bau 24, 91058 Erlangen (Germany)
2. Huygens Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9504, 2300 RA Leiden (Netherlands)

We report a unified representation of the spatial and angular Goos-Haenchen 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-Haenchen case we show theoretically and experimentally that this unification naturally arises in the context of reflection from a lossy surface (e.g., a metal).

• OSTI ID: 21356173
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.061801; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
BEAMS
DUALITY
GOLD
INTERFACES
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
OPTICAL REFLECTION
SURFACES
VISIBLE RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
METALS
RADIATIONS
REFLECTION
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TRANSMISSION