THE OPTICAL AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT

被引:15
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作者
EVANS, MW
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 28223, North Carolina
关键词
OPTICAL AHARONOV-BOHM; FIELD B ((3)); ELECTROMAGNETIC;
D O I
10.1007/BF02189249
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
It is shown that the vector potential of a circularly polarized laser causes the optical equivalent of the Aharon-ov-Bohm effect. An estimate is made of the expected fringe shift due to a circularly polarized laser directed through an optical fiber in an electron diffraction experiment, and it is shown that the effect is equivalent to that of a magnetic field.
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页码:467 / 474
页数:8
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