Huygens' construction in a dispersive medium moving at a constant velocity
| dc.creator | Gjurchinovski, Aleksandar | |
| dc.creator | Trencevski, Kostadin | |
| dc.date | 2007-11-05 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:40:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:40:40Z | |
| dc.description | We extend the method of Huygens' construction in a uniformly moving optical medium [Am. J. Phys. 72, 934 (2004)] to the case when the medium is dispersive in its rest frame of reference. The first-order Huygens' construction analysis of the light drag in a transversely moving dispersive slab is in agreement with the results of the experiment by Jones (1975) and with the Player-Rogers formula for the downstream deflection of the beam. The derivation purports that the original Huygens' principle remains valid in non-stationary situations if it is modified to include the relativistic effects on the secondary wavelets caused by the motion of the medium. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages, 1 figure, RevTeX | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0585 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0585 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/141437 | |
| dc.subject | Optics | |
| dc.subject | Classical Physics | |
| dc.title | Huygens' construction in a dispersive medium moving at a constant velocity | |
| dc.type | text |