scholarly journals Reflection of Light as a Mechanical Phenomenon Applied to a Particular Michelson Interferometer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Dambi
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Inertial Frame ◽  
Beam Splitter ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Fringe Shift ◽  
Speed Of Light ◽  
Fixed Frame ◽  
Velocity Of Light ◽  
Reflection Of Light ◽  
Morley Experiment

Derivation of light paths in the Michelson interferometer is based on the hypothesis that the speed of light does not change after reflection by a mirror in motion. The Michelson-Morley experiment predicts a fringe shift of 0.40. The same fringe shift is predicted for a particular Michelson interferometer in which the beam splitter of the interferometer makes an angle of 45° with the direction of light from the source. Light behaves like a wave and also as a particle. Thus, it is reasonable to consider the reflection of light as a mechanical phenomenon. With this hypothesis, the speed of light changes after reflection, and the predicted fringe shift for the particular Michelson interferometer is zero which is in accordance with the result of the Michelson-Morley experiment. Apparently, light travels in any inertial frame as if this particular interferometer belongs to a fixed frame. The velocity of light is considered independent of the velocity of its source, which is in accordance with astronomers’ observations of the binary stars, and the experiment performed at CERN, Geneva, in 1964.

scholarly journals Opposing hypotheses of the reflection of light applied to the Michelson interferometer

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-396
Author(s):  
Filip Dambi Filipescu
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Frame ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Fringe Shift ◽  
Reflection Of Light ◽  
Morley Experiment

The derivation of light paths in the Michelson interferometer is based on the hypothesis that the incident speed and reflected speed of the wavefront of a ray of light are equal in the frame at absolute rest. In this case, the Michelson‐Morley experiment predicts a fringe shift of 0.40. With the hypothesis that the incident speed and reflected speed of the wavefront of a ray of light are equal in the inertial frame of a mirror at the instance of collision, the Michelson‐Morley experiment predicts a fringe shift of 0.40 × 10−4, which is in agreement with the experimental result.

scholarly journals Opposing hypotheses of the reflection of light applied to the Michelson interferometer with a particular geometry

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Dambi Filipescu
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Frame ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Fringe Shift ◽  
Reflection Of Light ◽  
Morley Experiment

The derivation of light paths in the Michelson interferometer is based on the hypothesis that the incident speed and reflected speed of the wavefront of a ray of light are equal in the frame at absolute rest. In this case, the Michelson‐Morley experiment predicts a fringe shift of <mml:math display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo> </mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.40</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . With the hypothesis that the incident speed and reflected speed of the wavefront of a ray of light are equal in the inertial frame of a mirror at the instance of collision, the Michelson interferometer with a particular geometry predicts zero fringe shift, which is in agreement with the result of the Michelson‐Morley experiment.

scholarly journals On the Trigonometric Description of the Michelson-Morley Experiment

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
Jiri Stavek
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Order ◽  
Rest Frame ◽  
Laser Interferometer ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Greek Mythology ◽  
Fringe Shift ◽  
Round Trip ◽  
First Order ◽  
Trigonometric Model ◽  
Morley Experiment

<p class="1Body">One formula with two trigonometric corrections describing the round trip of the beams in the Michelson-Morley experiment is presented. The first trigonometric correction describes the round trip path of those beams, while the second trigonometric correction describes the trigonometric geometric mean of the two-way speed of those beams. This formula gives the null fringe shift result for the first order experiments (Fizeau experiment, Hoek experiment), the null fringe shift result for the second order experiment (Michelson-Morley experiment), and predicts a measurable fringe shift result for the fourth order experiment. This trigonometric model can be tested experimentaly by the advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Waves Observatory) technology with three arms separated by the angle π/4 and the longitudinal arm directed to the CMB rest frame in the direction to the constellation Crater (known in the Greek mythology as the Cup of the god Apollo). This proposed fourth order experiment can be named as the advanced LIFE (Laser Interferometer Fringe Enigma) experiment. The published predictions before the arrival of experimental data from the advanced LIFE experiment can estimate the power of our models.</p>

scholarly journals Dilation of Time Dilation

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Wajda
Keyword(s):  
Light Pulse ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Time Dilation ◽  
Constant Time ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
Speed Of Light ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Interference Fringes ◽  
Fundamental Error ◽  
Transportation Speed

The study addresses the issue of the so-called time dilation in the sense of the origin of its creation and the physical existence.Based on the work of Lorentz, who the lack of displacement of interference fringes in the Michelson interferometer explained wrongly with, shortening one arm of the interferometer, I propose the construction of the light pulse clock, in which to measure the rate of the passage of time is used constancy speed of light in vacuum.Light clock, the construction of which is described in the paper, stationary in relation to the ether, will measure constant time intervals. The same clock transported, will slow down the pace of his walk as a function of transportation speed v and that is a novelty, will slow depending on its orientation relative to the direction of motion. Light clock transported transversely with respect to the stationary clock will slow gamma times, transported lengthwise will slow gamma to the second power.Basing on the obtained dependences I maintain that time dilation defined in the theory of relativity (SR) as the slowing of the lapse of time, does not physically exist and identification the varying pace of walk clock with the pace of lapse of time I consider a fundamental error resulting from the postulates of this theory.

scholarly journals COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT AND THE SPEED OF LIGHT

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. ESPÓSITO MIGUEL ◽  
J. G. PEREIRA
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Light Propagation ◽  
Wave Optics ◽  
Speed Of Light ◽  
Positive Cosmological Constant ◽  
Velocity Of Light ◽  
Refractive Medium ◽  
The Relationship

By exploring the relationship between the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a gravitational field and the light propagation in a refractive medium, it is shown that, in the presence of a positive cosmological constant, the velocity of light will be smaller than its special relativity value. Then, restricting again to the domain of validity of geometrical optics, the same result is obtained in the context of wave optics. It is argued that this phenomenon and the anisotropy in the velocity of light in a gravitational field are produced by the same mechanism.

Polarization Beam Splitter Based on a Self-Collimation Michelson Interferometer in a Silicon Photonic Crystal

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 014210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Yao Chen ◽  
Gui-Min Lin ◽  
Jun-Jun Li ◽  
Xiao-Fu Xu ◽  
Jun-Zhen Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Beam Splitter ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Polarization Beam Splitter ◽  
Silicon Photonic

scholarly journals Study of XUV beam splitter flatness for use on a Michelson interferometer

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE-SOPHIE MORLENS ◽  
PHILIPPE ZEITOUN ◽  
LAURENT VANBOSTAL ◽  
PASCAL MERCERE ◽  
GRÉGORY FAIVRE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beam Splitter ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
Michelson Interferometer ◽  
Fourier Transform Spectrometer ◽  
Ion Beam Sputtering ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Interference Fringes ◽  
Beam Sputtering ◽  
20 Nm ◽  
Better Than

A XUV Michelson interferometer has been developed by LIXAM/CEA/LCFIO and has been tested as a Fourier-transform spectrometer for measurement of X-ray laser line shape. The observed strong deformation of the interference fringes limited the interest of such an interferometer for plasma probing. Because the fringe deformation was coming from a distortion of the beam splitter (5 × 5 mm2open aperture, about 150 nm thick), several parameters of the multilayer deposition used for the beam splitter fabrication have been recently optimized. The flatness has been improved from 80 nm rms obtained by using the ion beam sputtering technique, to 20 nm rms by using the magnetron sputtering technique. Over 3 × 3 mm2, the beam splitter has a flatness better than 4 nm rms.

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