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Mathematics 2005
Geometrical Spinoptics and the Optical Hall EffectDOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2006.07.003 Abstract: Geometrical optics is extended so as to provide a model for spinning light rays via the coadjoint orbits of the Euclidean group characterized by color and spin. This leads to a theory of ``geometrical spinoptics'' in refractive media. Symplectic scattering yields generalized Snell-Descartes laws that include the recently discovered optical Hall effect.
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