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optical Kerr effect

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optical Kerr effect [′äp·tə·kəl ′kər i‚fekt]
(optics)
An effect in which a very strong linearly polarized light field produces anisotropy in the refractive index of an isotropic medium, usually a liquid.


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Later topics include the optical Kerr effect of DNA oligomers and tRNA, the geometry of purple membranes in aqueous medium, electric birefringence of liquid crystalline polymers, and drying dissipative structures of colloidal dispersions.
Furthermore, the subpicosecond time-resolved optical Kerr effect (OKE) was used to measure the third-order optical nonlinearity.
 
 
 
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