electrooptic material

electrooptic material

[i‚lek·trō′äp·tik mə′tir·ē·əl]
(optics)
A material in which the indices of refraction are changed by an applied electric field.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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