We have measured the longitudinal shift of a microwave beam at total internal reflection. Good agreement with the prediction of classical electromagnetic theory is provided. The magnitude of the effect at microwave frequencies is conveniently large and the experimental setup used is sufficiently straightforward to allow this experiment to be repeated in an undergraduate laboratory program.
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