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The transverse shift is observed and precisely measured at total internal reflection on a dielectric interface for a circularly polarized light beam when the incident angle is scanned from the critical angle up to the grazing angle close to 90°. The experimental results show with no doubt that the transverse displacement exists far away from the critical angle and only vanishes at grazing angle. A comparison with theories also allows a discrimination between the most different theoretical models traditionally used to interpret physically this effect.
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Pillon, F., Gilles, H., Girard, S. et al. Transverse displacement at total reflection near the grazing angle: a way to discriminate between theories. Appl. Phys. B 80, 355–357 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-1728-2
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