Effect of motion of the optical medium in optical location
Vasil'ev V. P., Grishmanovskii V. A., Pliev L. F., Startsev T. P.
A Fizeau experiment to demonstrate an "entrainment" of light by a moving medium in the optical location of prism reflectors on board space vehicles is discussed. The direction of the reflected light is derived analytically as a function of the velocity of the medium. The result differs from the standard formula for dealing with velocity aberration (the Bradley effect) by a coefficient associated with the refractive index of the medium filling the corner reflector. The theoretical conclusions have been tested and verified in an experiment involving a space vehicle.
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![](/ps/1273/article_19252_800_head.png "A Fizeau experiment to demonstrate an "entrainment" of light by a moving medium in the optical location of prism reflectors on board space vehicles is discussed. The direction of the reflected light is derived analytically as a function of the velocity of the medium. The result differs from the standard formula for dealing with velocity aberration (the Bradley effect) by a coefficient associated with the refractive index of the medium filling the corner reflector. The theoretical conclusions have been tested and verified in an experiment involving a space vehicle.")