Optical properties of a polarizable linear magneto-cosserat fluid

General optical properties of polarizable linear magneto-Cosserat fluids are investigated. The constitutive dielectric tensor is generalized to include the effects of magnetic field and rotation vector, and the general expression for the refractive index is obtained. If the optical effects of the magnetic field and rotation vector are negligible, the fluid shows the same birefringent phenomena as a stokesian fluid and if the effect of magnetic field or rotation vector is dominant, the fluid shows double circular refraction. The coupling effect of the magnetic field and rotation vector is considered and special cases of slow motion and low conductivity are also discussed.