A new approach to the physical optics of polarized light beams in gravitational fields

Details A new approach to the physical optics of polarized light beams in gravitational fields A new approach to the physical optics of polarized light beams in gravitational fields

Apr 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978ncimb..44..275l&link_type=abstract

Nuovo Cimento, Sezione B, vol. 44B, Apr. 11, 1978, p. 275-288.

Physics

Optics

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Faraday Effect, Gravitational Effects, Light Beams, Physical Optics, Polarized Light, Circular Polarization, Dirac Equation, Maxwell Equation, Spinor Groups, Wave Propagation

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The generally covariant 'Dirac-spinor form' of Maxwell's equations is considered in the presence of external gravitational fields. In the presence of the weak gravitational fields, arising from neutral matter currents, we exhibit solutions which contain a gravitational effect which rotates the plane of polarization and changes the phase of plane and circularly polarized light beams, respectively. This new, calculational approach to the gravitational 'Faraday-rotation effect' offers new insight into the physical processes involved in the interaction of light beams with gravitational fields.

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