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(electro-optic) Kerr effect
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electro-optic effect in which an applied electric field makes an optically isotropic substance birefringent, the difference of refractive indexes being proportional to the square of the magnitude of the electric field strength
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1998-08
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electro-optic effect in which an applied electric field makes an optically isotropic substance birefringent, the difference of refractive indexes being proportional to the square of the magnitude of the electric field strength