Re: [Vo]:cannon balls and curling stones

2020-01-25 Thread Jürg Wyttenbach
Thanks Andrew This is exactly what happens when a photon for a short time follows a (1x1) orbit. The optimal coupling happens if the polarization is 90/180 degrees depending on what effect you like. Photons basically have 1x1 orbits with a varying angle. This photon coupling is also

Re: [Vo]:cannon balls and curling stones

2020-01-25 Thread Andrew Meulenberg
Harry, I'm glad that people are reexamining models of the motion of trapped "bodies" on the surface of a "sphere". Your comment about the varying weight density of the stone may touch on the explanation of the Goos-Hanchen and Imbert-Federov effects on total internal reflection at the optical