简介:WeinvestigatethelateralshiftofaTM-polarizedlightbeamreflectedfromOttoconfigurationundergrazingincidence.Itisfoundthatthelateralshiftisstronglydependentonthethicknessoftheair-gaplayer.Byemployingthepole-nullrepresentation,wedemonstratethatthelateralshiftiscloselyrelatedtothenullofthereflectionfunction.ThenumericalsimulationsforaGaussianbeamareperformedtodemonstratethevalidityofourtheoreticalanalysis.