УДК: 535.428, 536.756

Experimental confirmation of the negentropic character of the diffraction polarization of diffuse radiation

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Савуков В.В. Экспериментальное подтверждение негэнтропийного характера дифракционной поляризации диффузного излучения // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 12. С. 3–9.

Savukov V.V. Experimental confirmation of the negentropic character of the diffraction polarization of diffuse radiation [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 12. P. 3–9.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. V. Savukov, "Experimental confirmation of the negentropic character of the diffraction polarization of diffuse radiation," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(12), 711-715 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000711

Abstract:

In the course of analyzing the axiomatic principles on which statistical physics is based, the assumption of the limited correctness of the postulate that all allowable microstates of a closed system are equally probable was checked. This article reports the results of a study of a quasi-equivalent system within which isotropic radiation interacts with a phase diffraction grating. A simulated computer model of such interaction showed that anisotropic polarization must arise in the diffracted radiation, which reduces the Boltzmann entropy of the entire system and allows an external observer to obtain information on the grating’s surface topology. This prediction was confirmed when it was experimentally checked directly on actual apparatus.

Keywords:

diffraction, polarization, axiomatics, entropy

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Minobrnauka) (9.1354.2014/K).
The author is deeply grateful to Igor Golubenko, who actively participated in creating the software used in this project.

OCIS codes: 000.6590, 050.1940, 260.5430

References:

1. V. V. Savukov, “Anisotropic polarization, predicted as a result of the diffraction of blackbody radiation at a reflective phase grating with ideal conductivity,” J. Opt. Technol. 79(10), 614–620 (2012) [Opt. Zh. 79(10), 7–15 (2012)].
2. V. V. Savukov, “Breakdown of the isotropy of diffuse radiation as a consequence of its diffraction at multidimensional regular structures,” J. Opt. Technol. 77(1), 74–77 (2010) [Opt. Zh. 77(1), 95–100 (2010)].
3. V. V. Savukov and I. V. Golubenko, “Modeling the interaction of an arbitrary light field with a diffraction grating by the Monte Carlo method,” J. Opt. Technol. 79(7), 390–394 (2012) [Opt. Zh. 79(7), 10–17 (2012)].
4. G. Granet, “Diffraction par des surfaces bipériodiques: résolution en coordonnées non orthogonales,” Pure Appl. Opt. 4, 777–793 (1995).
5. G. Granet, “Analysis of diffraction by surface-relief crossed gratings with use of the Chandezon method: application to multilayer crossed gratings,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 1121–1131 (1998).
6. V. V. Savukov, “Revision of the axiomatic principles of statistical physics,” deposited at the All-Russia Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, No. 1249-B2004, on 7/16/2004, http://www.savukov.ru/viniti_1249_b2004_full_rus.pdf