EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF SPECULAR OPTICAL-ACTIVITY

Authors
BUNGAY AR SVIRKO YP ZHELUDEV NI
Citation
Ar. Bungay et al., EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF SPECULAR OPTICAL-ACTIVITY, Physical review letters, 70(20), 1993, pp. 3039-3042
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
70
Issue
20
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3039 - 3042
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)70:20<3039:EOSO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report the first positive experimental observation of the optical a ctivity effect on normal reflection. The experiment was performed alon g the optic axis in a gyrotropic semiconductor crystal of alpha-HgS, c innabar, in a spectral region of strong absorption. Reflected light po larization azimuth rotation resulting from the reflection is of the or der of 10(-4) rad and has pronounced dependence on HBARomega - E(g).