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Cascaded rotational Doppler effect

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Abstract

We propose and substantiate experimentally the cascaded rotational Doppler effect for interactions of spinning objects with light carrying spin angular momentum. Based on mirror symmetry for electromagnetic interactions, we reveal that the frequency shift can be doubled through cascading two rotational Doppler processes that are mirror-imaged to each other. This effect is further experimentally verified with a rotating half-wave plate, and the mirror-imaging process is achieved by reflecting the frequency-shifted circularly polarized wave upon a mirror with a quarter-wave plate in front of it. The mirror-symmetry-protected frequency shift enhancement could be applied for detection of rotating systems ranging from molecules to macroscopic bodies with high precision and sensitivity.

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