Imbert-Fedorov effect

The Imbert-Fedorov effect is an optical phenomenon in which circularly or elliptically polarized light undergoes a small shift, transverse to the direction of propagation, when totally internally reflected. This effect is the circular polarization analog of the Goos-Hänchen effect.

References

* Frederique de Fornel, Evanescent Waves: From Newtonian Optics to Atomic Optics, Springer (2001), pp.13-17
* Frank Pillon, Herve Gilles, and Sylvain Girard, [http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-43-9-1863 Experimental observation of the Imbert–Fedorov transverse displacement after a single total reflection] , Applied Optics, volume 43, number 9, page 1863 (2004)