On the dragging of light by a rotating medium

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2085, 2007, Pages 2185-2194

  Götte, Jörg B ^a   Barnett, Stephen M ^a   Padgett, Miles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image rotation; Polarization; Rotating dielectric; Specific rotary power

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348942473     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.1871     Document Type: Article

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