Aharonov-Bohm effect for light in a moving medium

作者:Vieira Marcelo*; Carvalho Alexandre M de M; Furtado Claudio
来源:Physical Review A, 2014, 90(1): 012105.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.90.012105

摘要

In this paper we propose a way to detect the Aharonov-Bohm effect for light in a moving medium. We use the position-dependent photon wave function to describe the propagation of the photon in order to evaluate the phase shift acquired by the photon while it passes around a rotating cylinder embedded in a viscous fluid. We show that this phase depends on the speed of the fluid as well as the electromagnetic properties of the cylinder.

  • 出版日期2014-7-9