Issues

 / 

1989

 / 

September

  

Methodological notes


Reflection of light from a moving mirror and related problems

 a,
a Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

The Maxwell equations, the Minkowski material equations, and the conditions which must be obeyed by fields on moving interfaces are used to obtain expressions for the frequencies and wave vectors of all the waves that appear on reflection and refraction by moving interfaces, by a tangential discontinuity of velocities of two media, and by a moving mirror. The main reported investigations of these topics are discussed. Calculations are made of a large frequency shift, of a considerable increase in the amplitudes, and of a change in the direction of propagation of waves reflected by a rapidly moving mirror or by the front of a parameter traveling in a medium at rest. Allowance is made for the Fresnel transmission of waves across such an interface and for the finite thickness of the transition layer. The change in the parameters of the reflected wave packets is considered together with the problem of the exchange of energy and momentum between an electromagnetic field and a moving mirror. In the case of a tangential discontinuity the rotation of the plane of polarization of reflected and refracted waves is dealt with, as well as the amplification of these waves on reflection from a medium moving faster than light.

Fulltext pdf (648 KB)
Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.1070/PU1989v032n09ABEH002759
PACS: 42.79.Bh, 42.25.Gy, 42.25.Bs, 42.25.Ja (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1989v032n09ABEH002759
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1989/9/e/
Citation: Bolotovskii B M, Stolyarov S N "Reflection of light from a moving mirror and related problems" Sov. Phys. Usp. 32 813–827 (1989)
BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks

Оригинал: Болотовский Б М, Столяров С Н «Отражение света от движущегося зеркала и родственные задачи» УФН 159 155–180 (1989); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0159.198909f.0155

References (49) ↓ Cited by (60) Similar articles (20)

  1. L. I. Mandel'shtam Lectures On Optics, Theory Of Relativity, And Quantum Mechanics (Nauka, M., 1972) p. 435, [in Russian]
  2. A. Einstein Ann. Phys. (Leipzig) 17 891 (1905); Russ. transl., A. Einstein Collected Works Vol. 1 (Nauka, M., 1965) p. 7, 35, 115, 125
  3. D. I. Eropkin Z. Phys. 58 268 (1929)
  4. K. Landecker Phys. Rev. 86 852 (1952)
  5. M. A. Lampert Phys. Rev. 102 299 (1956)
  6. C. Totaro Boll. Unione Mat. Ital. 12 658 (1957)
  7. Ya. B. Fa&ibreve;nberg and V. S. Tkalich Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 29 491 (1959); Ya. B. Fa&ibreve;nberg and V. S. Tkalich Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 4 438 (1959)
  8. B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 4 1171 (1961); B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Sov. Radiophys. 4 (1961)
  9. O. S. Mergelyan Dokl. Akad. Nauk Arm. SSR 34 (No. 2) 65 (1962)
  10. S. N. Stolyarov Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 5 671 (1962); S. N. Stolyarov Sov. Radiophys. 5 (1962)
  11. S. N. Stolyarov Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 33 565 (1963); S. N. Stolyarov Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 8 418 (1963)
  12. V. P. Pyati J. Appl. Phys. 38 652 (1967)
  13. J. Ramasastry and G. Y. Chin Electron. Lett. 3 479 (1967)
  14. T. Shiozawa, K. Hazama, and N. Kumagai J. Appl. Phys. 38 4459 (1967)
  15. T. Shiozawa and K. Hazama Radio Sci. 3 569 (1968)
  16. C. Yeh J. Appl. Phys. 36 3513 (1965)
  17. C. Yeh Phys. Rev. 167 875 (1968)
  18. L. A. Ostrovski&ibreve; and N. S. Stepanov Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 14 489 (1971); L. A. Ostrovski&ibreve; and N. S. Stepanov Radiophys. Quantum Electron. 14 387 (1971)
  19. J. S. Hey, J. T. Pinson, and P. G. Smith Nature (London) 179 1184 (1957)
  20. O. G. Zagorodnov, Ya. B. Fa&ibreve;nberg, and A. M. Egorov Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 38 7 (1960); O. G. Zagorodnov, Ya. B. Fa&ibreve;nberg, and A. M. Egorov Sov. Phys. JETP 11 4 (1960)
  21. J. G. Linhart and L. Th. M. Ornstein Proc. Fourth Intern. Conf. on Ionization Phenomena in Gases Uppsala, Sweden, 1959 Vol. 2 (ed. by N. R. Nillson) (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1960) p. 774
  22. O. G. Zagorodnov, Ya. B. Fa&ibreve;nberg, A. M. Egorov, and L. I. Bolotin Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 31 297 (1961); O. G. Zagorodnov, Ya. B. Fa&ibreve;nberg, A. M. Egorov, and L. I. Bolotin Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 6 212 (1961)
  23. A. V. Gaponov and G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 3 79 (1960); A. V. Gaponov and G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Sov. Radiophys. 3 (1960)
  24. A. V. Gaponov, L. A. Ostrovski&ibreve;, and G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 10 1376 (1967); A. V. Gaponov, L. A. Ostrovski&ibreve;, and G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Radiophys. Quantum Electron. 10 772 (1967)
  25. G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 41 226 (1961); G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Sov. Phys. JETP 14 165 (1962)
  26. É. Ya. Daume and G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 43 1102 (1962); É. Ya. Daume and G. I. Fre&ibreve;dman Sov. Phys. JETP 16 778 (1963)
  27. I. B. Tamm Fundamentals Of The Theory Of Electricity (Nauka, M., 1976), [in Russian]
  28. A. J. W. Sommerfeld Mechanics Of Deformable Bodies 2nd ed. (Academic Press, N. Y., 1950); A. J. W. Sommerfeld Lectures in Theoretical Physics Vol. 2; Russ. transl., A. J. W. Sommerfeld Lectures In Theoretical Physics (IL, M., 1954)
  29. A. (J. W.) Sommerfeld Electrodynamics (Academic Press, N. Y., 1952); A. (J. W.) Sommerfeld Lectures in Theoretical Physics, Vol. 3; Russ. transl., A. (J. W.) Sommerfeld Electrodynamics (IL, M., 1958)
  30. B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Usp. Fiz. Nauk 114 569 (1974); B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Sov. Phys. Usp. 17 875 (1975); B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Einstein Collection (Nauka, M., 1974, 1976) p. 179, [in Russian]
  31. R. C. Costen and D. Adamson Proc. IEEE 53 1181 (1965)
  32. S. N. Stolyarov Einstein Collection (Nauka, M., 1975, 1976, 1978) p. 152, [in Russian]
  33. L. A. Ostrovski&ibreve; Usp. Fiz. Nauk 116 315 (1975); L. A. Ostrovski&ibreve; Sov. Phys. Usp. 18 452 (1975)
  34. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz The Classical Theory Of Fields 4th ed. (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1975); Russ. original, L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz The Classical Theory Of Fields (Nauka, M., 1973)
  35. F. R. Morgenthaler IRE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. MTT-6 167 (1958)
  36. S. N. Stolyarov Kratk. Soobshch. Fiz. (No. 1) 26 (1974); S. N. Stolyarov Sov. Phys. Lebedev Inst. Rep. (No. 1) 23 (1974)
  37. L. A. Ostrovski&ibreve; and B. A. Solomin Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 10 1183 (1967)
  38. S. N. Stolyarov Pis'ma Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 2 880 (1976); S. N. Stolyarov Sov. Tech. Phys. Lett. 2 345 (1976)
  39. S. N. Stolyarov Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 21 174 (1978); S. N. Stolyarov Radiophys. Quantum Electron. 21 (1978)
  40. B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Einstein Collection (Nauka, M., 1977, 1980) p. 73, [in Russian]
  41. S. N. Stolyarov Izv. Akad. Nauk Arm. SSR Fiz. 10 (No. 1) 22 (1975)
  42. S. N. Stolyarov Kvantovaya Elektron. (Moscow) 4 763 (1977); S. N. Stolyarov Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 7 424 (1977)
  43. S. N. Stolyarov Proc. Eighth Intern. Conf. on Phenomena in Ionized Gases Vienna, 1967, Contributed Papers (publ. by International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1968) p. 494
  44. G. A. Lupanov Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 18 1711 (1975); G. A. Lupanov Radiophys. Quantum Electron. 18 1263 (1975)
  45. I. E. Tamm Collected Works Vol. 1 (Nauka, M., 1975) p. 77, 99, [in Russian]
  46. B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Radiofiz. 7 442 (1964); B. M. Bolotovski&ibreve; and S. N. Stolyarov Sov. Radiophys. 7 (1964)
  47. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz Electrodynamics Of Continuous Media (Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1960) p. 57; Russ. original, L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz Electrodynamics Of Continuous Media (Fizmatgiz, M., 1957)
  48. J. A. Pasour, V. L. Granatstein, and R. K. Parker Phys. Rev. A16 2441 (1977)
  49. J. M. Buzzi, H. J. Doucet, B. Etlicher et al IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. MTT-25 559 (1977)

© 1918–2024 Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk
Email: ufn@ufn.ru Editorial office contacts About the journal Terms and conditions