Category:
Research Papers
Sub-Category:
Mechanics / Electrodynamics
Date Published:
September 14, 2023
Keywords:
Geometrical Optics; Speed of Light; Emission of Light; Reflection of Light; Interference of Light; Michelson Interferometer.
Abstract:
Reflection of light as a mechanical phenomenon when the velocity of light is independent of source velocity applied to the Michelson interferometer with a particular geometry predicts zero fringe shift, applied to the Michelson interferometer as presented in the Michelson-Morley experiment predicts 0.40 x 10-4 fringe shift, and applied to the interferometer presented here predicts 210 fringe shift in contradiction with zero fringe shift experimental result. Reflection of light as a mechanical phenomenon, when the velocity of light depends on source velocity, gives zero fringe shift for all three experiments mentioned above. Therefore, considering the emission, propagation, and reflection of light as mechanical phenomena, the optical phenomena are in an inertial frame as in the frame at absolute rest and cannot put in evidence the motion of an inertial frame in which sources and mirrors belong to that inertial frame.
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