Isolated detection of elastic waves driven by the momentum of light

Požar, Tomaž (avtor), Laloš, Jernej (avtor), Babnik, Aleš (avtor), Petkovšek, Rok (avtor), Bethune-Waddell, Max (avtor), Chau, Kenneth J. (avtor), Lukasievicz, G. V. B. (avtor), Astrath, Nelson Guilherme Castelli (avtor)

Electromagnetic momentum carried by light is observable through the mechanical effects radiation pressure exerts on illuminated objects. Momentum conversion from electromagnetic fields to elastic waves within a solid object proceeds through a string of electrodynamic and elastodynamic phenomena, collectively bound by momentum and energy continuity. The details of this conversion predicted by theory have yet to be validated by experiments, as it is difficult to distinguish displacements driven by momentum from those driven by heating due to light absorption. Here, we have measured temporal variations of the surface displacements induced by laser pulses reflected from a solid dielectric mirror. Ab initio modelling of momentum flow describes the transfer of momentum from the electromagnetic field to the dielectric mirror, with subsequent creation/propagation of multicomponent elastic waves. Complete consistency between predictions and absolute measurements of surface displacements offers compelling evidence of elastic transients driven predominantly by the momentum of light.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: radiation pressure, elastic waves, linear momentum, electrodynamics, elastodynamics
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2018
• Št. strani: 11 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 9, art. 3340
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-102397
• UDK: 519.6:535(045)
• ISSN pri članku: 2041-1723
• DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05706-3
• COBISS.SI-ID: 16198683
• Datum objave v RUL: 27.08.2018

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Nature communications
• Skrajšan naslov: Nat. commun.
• Založnik: Springer Nature
• ISSN: 2041-1723
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2315876

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 21.08.2018

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: svetlobni tlak, elastični valovi, gibalna količina, elektrodinamika, elastodinamika