The Goos–Hänchen effect, named after Hermann Fritz Gustav Goos (1883 – 1968) and Hilda Hänchen (1919 – 2013), was first theorized by Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727), and is an optical phenomenon in which a finite-width beam of light undergoes a small lateral shift when totally internally reflected. The shift arises because a bounded beam comprises a continuous distribution of plane wave components with differing wave vectors.
The Goos–Hänchen effect, named after Hermann Fritz Gustav Goos (1883 – 1968) and Hilda Hänchen (1919 – 2013), was first theorized by Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727), and is an optical phenomenon in which a finite-width beam of light undergoes a small lateral shift when totally internally reflected. The shift arises because a bounded beam comprises a continuous distribution of plane wave components with differing wave vectors.
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