Spin-of-light gyroscope and the spin-rotation coupling
We discuss the coupling of photon spin with rotation in connection with a recent proposal of Fedderke et al. [M. A. Fedderke, R. Harnik, D. E. Kaplan, S. Posen, S. Rajendran, F. Serra, and V. P. Yakovlev, A precision gyroscope from the spin of light, arXiv:2406.16178.] regarding a precision gyroscope based on the intrinsic spin of light. To this end, we analyze the propagation of electromagnetic radiation in a physical system that uniformly rotates about the direction of wave propagation in the presence of an ambient medium. Finally, we consider the possibility of using this type of spin-of-light gyroscope to measure gravitomagnetic fields.
Authors
- Yuri N. Obukhov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-2537)
- Bahram Mashhoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0534-6337)
Institutions
- Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
- Sharif University of Technology (IR)
- Association Vinçotte Nuclear (BE)
- Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IR)
- Nuclear Safety Institute (RU)
- University of Missouri (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.110.104015
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Geophysics and Sensor Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.67