Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A Brief Introduction to Special Relativity and Light
- 2 An Introduction to Relativistic Kinematics, Kinetics and Energy
- 3 Relativity and Electromagnetic Fields
- 4 Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Plasma and Other Matter
- 5 Particle Motion and Radiation in Electric and Magnetic Fields
- 6 Photon and Particle Distribution Functions
- 7 Radiation Emission, Absorption, and Scatter in Plasmas
- 8 Collisional Processes
- 9 Relativistic Optics
- 10 Solutions to Selected Exercises
- Appendix A Lorentz Invariant Quantities
- Appendix B Modified Bessel Functions of the Second Kind
- Appendix C The Chemical Potential Variation with Density
- References
- Index
9 - Relativistic Optics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 A Brief Introduction to Special Relativity and Light
- 2 An Introduction to Relativistic Kinematics, Kinetics and Energy
- 3 Relativity and Electromagnetic Fields
- 4 Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Plasma and Other Matter
- 5 Particle Motion and Radiation in Electric and Magnetic Fields
- 6 Photon and Particle Distribution Functions
- 7 Radiation Emission, Absorption, and Scatter in Plasmas
- 8 Collisional Processes
- 9 Relativistic Optics
- 10 Solutions to Selected Exercises
- Appendix A Lorentz Invariant Quantities
- Appendix B Modified Bessel Functions of the Second Kind
- Appendix C The Chemical Potential Variation with Density
- References
- Index
Summary
The Fizeau effect in a flowing refractive medium is treated and extended to when light propagates at an angle to the medium velocity. The reflection optics with relativistically moving mirrors is examined. Using Stokes parameters, it is shown that polarization is preserved in Lorentz transformation between frames of reference.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022