Imbert–Fedorov effect

The Imbert–Fedorov effect, named after Fyodor Fyodorov (1911–1994) and Christian Imbert (1937–1998), is an optical phenomenon whereby a beam of circularly or elliptically polarized light undergoes a small sideways shift when refracted or totally internally reflected. The sideways shift is perpendicular to the plane containing the incident and reflected beams. This effect is the circular polarization analog of the Goos–Hänchen effect.

References

• de Fornel, Frédérique (2001). Evanescent Waves: From Newtonian Optics to Atomic Optics. Berlin: Springer. pp. 9–13. ISBN 978-3-540-65845-0.
• Pillon, Frank; Gilles, Hervé; Girard, Sylvain (2004). "Experimental observation of the Imbert–Fedorov transverse displacement after a single total reflection". Applied Optics. 43 (9): 1863–1869. Bibcode:2004ApOpt..43.1863P. doi:10.1364/AO.43.001863. PMID 15072036.
• Bliokh, K. Y.; Aiello, A. (2013). "Goos–Hänchen and Imbert–Fedorov beam shifts: An overview". Journal of Optics. 15 (1) 014001. arXiv:1210.8236. Bibcode:2013JOpt...15a4001B. doi:10.1088/2040-8978/15/1/014001. S2CID 118380597.