PMID: 19113619Dec 31, 2008Paper

Observation of a push force on the end face of a nanometer silica filament exerted by outgoing light

Physical Review Letters
Weilong SheRaohui Feng

Abstract

There are two different proposals for the momentum of light in a transparent dielectric of refractive index n: Minkowski's version nE/c and Abraham's version E/(nc), where E and c are the energy and vacuum speed of light, respectively. Despite many tests and debates over nearly a century, momentum of light in a transparent dielectric remains controversial. In this Letter, we report a direct observation of the inward push force on the free end face of a nanometer silica filament exerted by the outgoing light. Our results suggest that Abraham's momentum is correct.

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