Observable frequency shifts via spin-rotation coupling

Mashhoon, Bahram, Neutze, Richard, Hannam, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5571-325X and Stedman, Geoffrey E. 1998. Observable frequency shifts via spin-rotation coupling. Physics letters. A. 249 (3) , pp. 161-166. 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00729-4

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Abstract

The phase perturbation arising from spin-rotation coupling is developed as a natural extension of the celebrated Sagnac effect. Experimental evidence in support of this phase shift, however, has yet to be realized due to the exceptional sensitivity required. We draw attention to the relevance of a series of experiments establishing that circularly polarized light, upon passing through a rotating half-wave plate, is changed in frequency by twice the rotation rate. These experiments may be interpreted as demonstrating the role of spin-rotation coupling in inducing this frequency shift, thus providing direct empirical verification of the coupling of the photon helicity to rotation. A neutron interferometry experiment is proposed which would be sensitive to an analogous frequency shift for fermions. In this arrangement, polarized neutrons enter an interferometer containing two spin flippers, one of which is rotating while the other is held stationary. An observable beating in the transmitted neutron beam intensity is predicted.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0375-9601
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 10:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/46509

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