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If you notice a discrepancy, isn't it more likely that one laser was "slowed down", rather than sped up? You'd get the same effect by shining the laser through
by tiglionabbit 13y ago
If you notice a discrepancy, isn't it more likely that one laser was "slowed down", rather than sped up? You'd get the same effect by shining the laser through a thick pane of glass: it arrives out of phase on the other end as if it were slowed down.
- mjfl 13y agoAssuming this experiment is done in a vacuum, I've never heard of a static electric field changing the index of refraction of a vacuum.