Shift vector as the geometric origin of beam shifts

• Main Authors: Shi, Li-Kun, Song, Justin Chien Wen
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Geometry; Shift Vectors
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138043
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Goos-Hanchen (GH) and Imbert-Fedorov (IF) shifts are lateral and transverse displacements of a wavepacket reflecting off a surface. A dramatic real-space manifestation of wavepacket phases, they have traditionally been analyzed in a model dependent fashion. Here we argue that GH and IF shifts adm...